salay

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noun

A genre of Andean popular music most closely associated with Bolivia and Peru.

OriginSpanish salay ← Quechua [Term?] →
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Meanings

salay1

nounsalay (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA genre of Andean popular music most closely associated with Bolivia and Peru.

Salay2

proper nounSalay (plural Salays)

plural Salays

  1. A surname from Hungarian.

Origin

salay · noun

  1. Quechua[Term?]
  2. Spanishsalay
  3. Englishsalay

Borrowed from Spanish salay, in turn Quechua [Term?].

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Salay · proper noun

  1. HungarianSzalay
  2. EnglishSalay

Americanized form of Hungarian Szalay.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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