English

Proper noun

Chaya

1. A female given name.

English

Noun

chaya ‎(plural chayas)

1. (sumo) A teahouse at a sumo arena where tickets may also be purchased.

Etymology 2

Spanish, from a Mayan language of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Noun

chaya ‎(plural chayas)

1. A large, fast growing leafy perennial Mexican shrub which is popular in Mexico and Central America as a leafy vegetable, cooked and eaten like spinach, from species Cnidoscolus aconitifolius or Cnidoscolus chayamansa.

Synonyms

• tree spinach

Translations

Japanese

Romanization

chaya

1. rōmaji reading of ちゃや