Aya
In Akkadian mythology, a mother goddess, consort of the sun god ShamashIn Akkadian mythology, a mother goddess, consort of the sun god Shamash.
» Aya tends to carry things to extremes.
Ая склонна всё переводить в крайности. — Hellerick
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3 sensesIn Akkadian mythology, a mother goddess, consort of the sun god Shamash.
55565 Aya, a trans-Neptunian object and likely dwarf planet; named after said goddess.
A female given name from Japanese.
Examples
5 sentencesAya tends to carry things to extremes.
ruАя склонна всё переводить в крайности. — Hellerick
Aya likes intense colors, such as hot pink, electric blue and deep purple.
This is Aya, this is Aya. Please respond.
Aya has good reason to speak perfect German.
Aya is a Saudi citizen.
Origin
The planetoid was named after the Akkadian goddess, which began with the same first letterThe planetoid was named after the Akkadian goddess, which began with the same first letter as the provisional designation 2002 AW₁₉₇.
Borrowed from Japanese あや (Aya).
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.