Chaya

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Chaya may refer to:

  • Chaya, Afghanistan, a place in Afghanistan.
  • In Hebrew, Chaya is a girl's name, derived from the Hebrew word chai (חי), meaning "life".
    • Chaya is also the name of a font used to type English letters in a style which looks like the Hebrew alphabet.
  • Chaya (film), a film from the cinema of Karnataka, a region of India.
  • Chaya (brothel), chaya (茶屋), literally meaning "teahouse", is a common euphemism for Edo period bordellos in Japan.
    • chashitsu (茶室, "tea room"), rooms or small buildings used for the Japanese tea ceremony
    • Chaya family, a wealthy family of textile merchants based in Kyoto from the 16th century into the Edo period.
    • Chaya Shirōjirō, merchants within that family, wealthy and influential traders with the official patronage of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • Chaya (plant), also known as tree spinach, a vegetable grown and eaten primarily in Mexico
  • Chaya tequila, a brand of tequila produced by Interco Brands Inc
  • Chaya River, rivers in Russia and Bulgaria.
  • Chaya County, county in Tibet