n. the art of sword-drawing in Japanese martial arts.
<Iai was developed long after peace had been established. On the battlefield, iai was hardly necessary [as warriors were fully clad in armor]. —Kenji Tomiki, “The Nature of Modern Martial Arts.”>
Iaia.
n. a stream in Benin.
n. a stream in the Zaire region of Angola.
n. an intermittent stream in Ethiopia.
n. an intermittent stream in the Zambezia region of Mozambique.
n. the name of a space fantasy warrior princess paper doll character
<Iaia can defend her world against the greatest odds. —Brenda Sneathen Mattox, fancyephemera.com.>
n. the title of an album of Brazilian music by Mônica Salmaso.
Iaie.
n. a stream in the Huambo region of Angola.
n. the title of a music album by Spanish chanteuse Lidia Pujol.
Iaio.
n. a populated place in Ethiopia.
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