Yauya.

n.  a village in the Andes mountains of northern Peru.

<In July 1974, I set off on a journey to Yauya, a village high in the Peruvian Andes.  In archaeological circles, this small town is well known because of Julio Tello’s 1919 discovery there of a large stela from the Chavín culture (900-200 B.C.), Peru’s earliest civilization.  —Richard L. Burger, “Letter from Peru: Andean Odyssey,” Archaeology.>

YauYau.

n.  a populated place in the East New Britain region of Papua New Guinea.


n.  a village in Suriname (formerly Dutch Guyana), near the Feroelasie Rapids of the Suriname River.

<Our destination was a village of approximately 1,000 called YauYau on a splendid bend in the Suriname River, just below the Feroelasie Rapids, said to be the most dangerous on the river.  —Danny Thorn, “A Visit to Suriname.”>

Yauye.

n.  a populated place in the Eastern Highlands region of Papua New Guinea.

yay.

interj.  an exclamation of happiness; see also yaaa.

<No more dinosaurs!  Yay!  —Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park.>

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