"Kayah" meaning in English

See Kayah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ကယား}} Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Kayah
  1. Synonym of Karenni (“language”) Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Karenni [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Kayah-en-name-TBZYRism Disambiguation of Languages: 60 40

Noun

Forms: Kayahs [plural], Kayah [plural]
Etymology: From Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ကယား}} Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Kayah}} Kayah (plural Kayahs or Kayah)
  1. A member of any of a number of Karenic ethnolinguistic groups in Myanmar (Burma), primarily in Kayah State Categories (topical): Nationalities Categories (place): Myanmar Synonyms: Karenni Translations (Translations): ကယားလူမျိုး (ka.ya:lu-myui:) (Burmese), ကယျာ (Mon)
    Sense id: en-Kayah-en-noun-EfMO3lvx Disambiguation of Nationalities: 41 59 Disambiguation of Myanmar: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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