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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
2. 2
   A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia. uncountable

   "So they ate sliced Chinese white bread […] spread thickly with sweet brown kaya."

3. 3
   Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A city in Burkina Faso.

Example

More examples

"Kaya was rather adroit at managing conflicts between her employees."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Japanese 榧 (カヤ, kaya).

Etymology 2

From Malay kaya, from kaya (“rich”).

Related phrases

kaya toastcoconut milktorreya grandistorreya nucifera

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.