Beja

B3E1J8A1

adjective

Of, from, or pertaining to Beja people

OriginArabic بَجَا ← Beja Bidhááwi →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

Beja1

adjectiveBeja (not comparable)

alternative Beğa · alternative Bedja

  1. not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Beja people
nounBeja pl (plural only)

alternative Beğa · alternative Bedja

  1. pluralplural onlyAn ethnic group found along the Horn of Africa.
proper noun

alternative Beğa · alternative Bedja

  1. The language of the Beja ethnic group.

Beja2

proper noun

alternative Baja · alternative Bajs

  1. A village in Latvia.

Beja3

proper noun
  1. A city and district of Portugal.
  2. alternativeAlternative form of Béja, Tunisia.

Origin

Beja · adjective, noun, proper noun

  1. BejaBidhááwi
  2. Arabicبَجَا
  3. EnglishBeja

Borrowed from Arabic بَجَا (bajā), from Beja Bidhááwi.

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Beja · proper noun

  1. PortugueseBeja
  2. PortugueseBeja
  3. EnglishBeja

Borrowed from Portuguese Beja.

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Translations

Arabic بَجَاوِيّ, بَجَا
  • بَجَاوِيّ (bajāwiyy)Translations
  • بَجَا (bajā)people
  • بَجَاوِيَّة (bajāwiyya)language
Czech bedžský, Bedžové
  • bedžskýTranslations
  • Bedžovépeople
  • bedžštinalanguage
German Bedscha
  • Bedschalanguage
Turkish Beca, Becalar
  • BecaTranslations
  • Becalarpeople
  • Beca dililanguage

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Jaeb
Cite this entry
APA

Beja. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beja

MLA

“Beja.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beja. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Beja,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beja.

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