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Yay.
n.  a populated place in the Lara region of Venezuela.


yay.
n.  an affirmative vote; see also yea.

<It was he who described being a Permian football player as like being a gladiator, like walking into the Roman Coliseum with all those thousands in the stands yelling yay or nay, all wishing they could be you down there on that field.  —H. H. Bissinger, Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and A Dream.>

yaya.
adj.  a derogatory expression meaning “out to lunch.”


Yaya.
n.  a hill in Ghana; a stream in Ghana.


n.  a lake in the Louga region of Senegal.


n.  a man’s given name, as a West African shaman discussed in Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life by Robert Moss.

<It was you who had Yaya whipped.  —George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords.>

n.  a populated locality in the Matanzas region of Cuba.


n.  a populated place in Burkina Faso.


n.  a populated place in Ethiopia.



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