Rya
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
"People were proud of art ryas designed by textile artists and woven by professionals, and they themselves wove copies of published traditional compositions, or executed new craft ryas that were designed for the purpose by textile artists."
- 2 a shag rug made in Sweden wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Royal Yachting Association, the governing body for all forms of boating in the United Kingdom. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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More examples"People were proud of art ryas designed by textile artists and woven by professionals, and they themselves wove copies of published traditional compositions, or executed new craft ryas that were designed for the purpose by textile artists."
Etymology
From Swedish rya (“thick cloth”).