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Ya.
n.  a stream in the Hedmark region of Norway.


n.  a wadi in the Al Istiwa’iyah region of Sudan.


n.  an intermittent stream in Benin.


n.  an intermittent stream in Cameroon; a stream in Cameroon.


ya.
pron.  you (informal).  <Hey, ya big dope.>


pron.  your (informal).  <Ya father’s big moustache.>


Ya Ya.
n.  a man’s nickname.

<[T]he area was full of booby traps, and Ya Ya was moving very carefully, each step in a deliberate, catlike motion.  —Ed Kugler, Dead Center: A Marine Sniper’s Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War.>

ya-ya.
v.  to talk or discuss.

<Whenever all us girls are together, she says, “Gumbo Ya-Ya!”  This means “everybody talking at the same time,” which is what we sure do.  —Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel.>

Ya-yu.
n.  a populated place in Taiwan.



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