Baba Jaga

A form of Baba Yaga — In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.

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Meanings

proper nounBaba Jaga or the Baba Jaga
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Baba Yaga.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Baba Jaga

saganagaragaquaggamagaaghaBaba Yaga
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Baba Jaga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baba%20Jaga

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Chicago

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