Aya.

n.  a stream in the Woleu-Ntem region of Gabon.


n.  a town and scenic river in Japan, north of Mount Karakuni, which boasts the nation’s “largest evergreen [oak] forest, in which the Aya River springs are located.  The 142m Teruha Suspension Bridge spans the Aya River Gorge where the water from the spring flows” (Kyushu Newsletter).

Ayay.

n.  a populated place in the Ayacucho region of Peru.

Ayaya.

n.  a “shaman-haunted, fjord-like” bay near Lake Baikal, Siberia, “where reindeer have been reintroduced” (Richmond Simon, Lonely Planet: Russia & Belarus).


n.  a populated place in the Estuaire region of Gabon.

ayayau.

(also ayau.)  interj.  an exclamation of pain, as from being hit in the head with a rock in the Peruvian folktale “The Condemned Lover” (Richard M. Dorson, Folktales Told Around the World).

aye.

adv.  yes; see also ay.

<“Aye?”  “Aye!” Violet cried.  “Aye!” Klaus shouted.  “Aye!” Sunny shrieked.  “Hooray!” Phil yelled.  Captain Widdershins peered down in annoyance at Phil, whom he would have preferred said “Aye!” along with everyone else.“  —Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto.>

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