The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.
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Banya
//ˈbɑːnjə//
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Translations
36 translations across 29 languages.
Abkhaz
2 entries- абана noun (a Russian steam bath)
- аҳамам noun (a Russian steam bath)
Armenian
1 entries- բաղնիք noun (a Russian steam bath)
Bashkir
1 entries- мунса noun (a Russian steam bath)
Belarusian
2 entries- ба́ня noun (a Russian steam bath)
- ла́зня noun (a Russian steam bath)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ба́ня noun (a Russian steam bath)
Catalan
1 entries- bània noun (a Russian steam bath)
Chuvash
1 entries- мунча noun (a Russian steam bath)
Dutch
1 entries- banja noun (a Russian steam bath)
Finnish
2 entries- banja noun (a Russian steam bath)
- venäläinen sauna noun (a Russian steam bath)
French
2 entries- bania noun (a Russian steam bath)
- banya noun (a Russian steam bath)
Georgian
1 entries- აბანო noun (a Russian steam bath)
German
1 entries- Banja noun (a Russian steam bath)
Hungarian
1 entries- gőzfürdő noun (a Russian steam bath)
Ingrian
2 entries- kyli noun (a Russian steam bath)
- sauna noun (a Russian steam bath)
Italian
1 entries- bania noun (a Russian steam bath)
Japanese
1 entries- バニャ noun (a Russian steam bath)
Kalmyk
1 entries- бань noun (a Russian steam bath)
Kazakh
1 entries- монша noun (a Russian steam bath)
Kildin Sami
1 entries- ба̄йна noun (a Russian steam bath)
Korean
1 entries- 바냐 noun (a Russian steam bath)
Ossetian
1 entries- абана noun (a Russian steam bath)
Polish
1 entries- bania noun (a Russian steam bath)
Portuguese
1 entries- banya noun (a Russian steam bath)
Russian
1 entries- ба́ня noun (a Russian steam bath)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- banja noun (a Russian steam bath)
- бања noun (a Russian steam bath)
Turkish
1 entries- banya noun (a Russian steam bath)
Udmurt
1 entries- мунчо noun (a Russian steam bath)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ба́ня noun (a Russian steam bath)
- ла́зня noun (a Russian steam bath)
Yakut
1 entries- баанньык noun (a Russian steam bath)
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