nonya

Meaning of nonya

noun
  1. an SE Asian woman of mixed ethnic descent, especially (in Singapore) a woman with a Malay mother and Chinese father.
  2. (in Malaysia and Singapore) a spicy Singaporean cuisine consisting of a combination of Malay and Chinese ingredients and techniques.
    a Nonya dish

from Malay, Javanese nyonya, probably from Portuguese senhora ‘lady’ (see senhora).

Information about nonya

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of nonya

nonya

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • nonya is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of nonya

annoy, anyon

Words that rhyme with nonya

Konya, Fronya, Sonya, Latonya, Tonya

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