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kaija

Pronunciation: [kāīja]

“kaija” is a Latvian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. gull, seagull (sea bird of family Laridae, especially genus Larus)

Etymology

Ultimately a sound-symbolic word, based on the seagull's squawk (kai, ke; cf. Russian чайка (čajka)).

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