praya

English

Etymology

From Portuguese praya, obsolete form of praia (“beach”).

Noun

praya (plural prayas)

  1. A promenade or drive located beside the seashore in Hong Kong.
    • 1973, Tzu-nang Chiu, The Port of Hong Kong: A Survey of its Development, page 24:
      Elsewhere on the Island, facilities for the transport of goods were limited to landing piers and prayas for junks and lighters.

References

Nheengatu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese praia (“beach”). Displaced iwikuí.[1]

Noun

praya

  1. beach
  2. sand

References
  1. Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “praya”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 627

Portuguese

Noun

praya f (plural prayas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of praia
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