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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| ayah |
| SYLLABICATION: | a·yah |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ä y ,  ,  |
| NOUN: | A native maid or nursemaid in India. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Hindi y, from Portuguese aia, nursemaid, from Latin avia, grandmother. See awo- in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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