n. the sandy or salty or mud-caked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged heavy rains.
We walked across the dried-up playa in the desert.
We walked across the dried-up playa in the desert.
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floor of a desert basin; desert basin floor; bed of a desert basin
treetop
2 syllables
pla-ya
aja
czaja
daya
gaia
jaya
maia
maya
via
araya
berjaya
cartaya
elia
josiah
mariah
messiah
papaya
pariah
rupiah
vizcaya
zelaya
himalaya
jeremiah
nehemiah
obadiah
plisetskaya
sovetskaya
stolichnaya
zachariah
zaslavskaya
zedekiah
boguslavskaya
pervomaiskaya
literaturnaya
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