Meanings
rya1
nounrya (plural ryas)
plural ryas
- A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
People were proud of art ryas designed by textile artists and woven by professionals, and they themselves wove copies of published traditional compositions, or executed new craft ryas that were designed for the purpose by textile artists.
2008, Kirsti Salo-Mattila, “Chapter 12: Transformations in the Art of Rya Making”, in Terttu Tuomi-Gröhn, editor, Reinventing Art of Everyday Making, Peter Lang, page 217
RYA2
proper noun
- abbreviationinitialismnauticalInitialism of Royal Yachting Association, the governing body for all forms of boating in the United Kingdom.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna shag rug made in Sweden
Similar
rya rug
Broader
shag rug
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Swedishrya“thick cloth”
- Englishrya
From Swedish rya (“thick cloth”).
More words from Swedish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish ryijy
- ryijyScandinavian woollen rug
Polish rya
- ryaScandinavian woollen rug
Swedish rya
- ryaScandinavian woollen rug
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Cite this entry
APA
rya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rya
MLA
“rya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rya. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rya,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rya.
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