Meanings
banya1
nounbanya (plural banyas)
plural banyas
- A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).
The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.
1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN
Banya2
nounBanya pl (plural only)
- alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of Banna (“Omotic ethnic group”).
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian ба́ня
- ба́ня (bánja)a Russian steam bath
Catalan bània
- bàniaa Russian steam bath
Dutch banja
- banjaa Russian steam bath
Finnish venäläinen sauna, banja
- venäläinen saunaa Russian steam bath
- banjaa Russian steam bath
French bania, banya
- baniaa Russian steam bath
- banyaa Russian steam bath
German Banja
- Banjaa Russian steam bath
Hungarian gőzfürdő
- gőzfürdőa Russian steam bath
Italian bania
- baniaa Russian steam bath
Japanese バニャ
- バニャ (banya)a Russian steam bath
Korean 바냐
- 바냐 (banya)a Russian steam bath
Polish bania
- baniaa Russian steam bath
Portuguese banya
- banyaa Russian steam bath
Russian ба́ня
- ба́ня (bánja)a Russian steam bath
Turkish banya
- banyaa Russian steam bath
Ukrainian ла́зня, ба́ня
- ла́зня (láznja)a Russian steam bath
- ба́ня (bánja)a Russian steam bath
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
banya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banya
MLA
“banya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banya. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “banya,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banya.
Source: banya on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.