Amaya

English

Etymology

Heroine of a Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII (1877) by F. Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”).

Proper noun

Amaya

1. A female given name from Spanish borrowed from Spanish in the 1990s.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaʝa/ [aˈma.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈmaʝa/ [aˈma.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈmaʃa/ [aˈma.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈmaʒa/ [aˈma.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: A‧ma‧ya

Proper noun

Amaya f

1. a female given name