yaya.

n.  a type of tree in Cuba.

<Then, in new shoes, with heavy loads, we climb the very steep hillside, through the delicate leaves of the yaya tree.  —Jose Marti, Jose Marti: Selected Writings.>

Yaya.

n.  a waterhole in the Coast region of Kenya.


n.  a well in the Obock region of Djibouti.


n.  a woman’s given name, as in Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatima Mernissi.

YaYa.

n.  a woman’s nickname.

<I made a friend named Yanis.  (Sometimes I call her YaYa.)  —Richard Steckel and Michele Steckel, The Milestones Project: Celebrating Childhood Around the World.>

Yaya.

n.  an intermittent stream in Togo.


n.  an open town market in Ethiopia, as discussed in Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa by Francesca Marciano.


n.  elder mother of the Towa tribe, as discussed in Voice of the Eagle by Linda Lay Shuler.

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