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Meaning of aya | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
/ˈaɪə/

Definitions

  1. In Akkadian mythology, a mother goddess, consort of the sun god Shamash.
  2. A female given name from Japanese.
  3. Initialism of adolescent or young adult or adolescent and young adult.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 55565 Aya, a trans-Neptunian object and likely dwarf planet; named after said goddess.

Examples

“Near-synonyms: YA, young adult”
“In this study, the AYAs were stratified for risk and were assigned to a treatment arm via randomization.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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