praya

English

Etymology

From Portuguese praya, obsolete form of praia (“beach”).

Noun

praya (plural prayas)

A promenade or drive located beside the seashore in Hong Kong.
- 1973, Tzu-nang Chiu, The Port of Hong Kong: A Survey of its Development, page 24:
  Elsewhere on the Island, facilities for the transport of goods were limited to landing piers and prayas for junks and lighters.

References

Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “praya”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Portuguese

Noun

praya f (plural prayas)

Obsolete spelling of praia

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