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· Malay
nyonya
2 English words descend from Malay
nyonya
, most common first.
Nyonya
A female Peranakan
Nyonya chang
A variant of bak chang (zongzi) originating in Peranakan cuisine, made with minced pork, candied winter melons and sometimes roasted peanuts and blue pea flower extract for colour.