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Chaya (Ob) The Chaya (russian: Чая) is a left tributary of the Ob (river), Ob river in Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of . Course The Chaya is formed by the confluence of the long Parbig and the long Bakchar (river), Bakchar riv ...

, in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, a tributary of Ob River *

Chaya (river) The Chaya (russian: Чая) is a river in Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is the 26th longest tributary of the Lena, with a length of and a drainage basin area of .

, in Siberia, Russia, a tributary of

Lena River The Lena (russian: Ле́на, ; evn, Елюенэ, ''Eljune''; sah, Өлүөнэ, ''Ölüöne''; bua, Зүлхэ, ''Zülkhe''; mn, Зүлгэ, ''Zülge'') is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean ...

*''Chaya'', another name for the

Chepelare Chepelare ( bg, Чепеларе ) is the principal town in Chepelare Municipality, part of Smolyan Province in Southern Bulgaria. It is situated in the central part of the Rhodopes, on the banks of Chepelare River. Chepelare is a popular winte ...

, a river in Bulgaria * Chaya County, in Tibet * Chaya, Afghanistan, a place in Afghanistan

People

* Chaya family, a wealthy family of textile merchants based in Kyoto, Japan from the 16th century into the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

Chaya Shirōjirō Chaya Shirōjirō (茶屋四郎次郎) was the name of a series of wealthy and influential Kyoto-based merchants who took part in the red seal ships, red-seal trade licensed under the Tokugawa shogunate. Members of the Chaya family, they were also c ...

, merchants within that family, wealthy and influential traders with the official patronage of the Tokugawa shogunate *

Afif Chaya Afif Chaya () is a Lebanese singer and actor. Discography *Aalanet El Hob. 1980 *Al Amira. 1984 *whyn Hal Turkat. 1985 *''Al Donya Um'' Filmography Film Television *The Sad Night Solo. 2015 *The Old Love. 2011 *'' Al Armala W Al Sh ...

(born 1947), Lebanese singer and actor *

B. R. Chaya Bengaluru Ramamurthy Chaya, known as B. R. Chaya, is an Indian, Kannada playback singer, stage performer and a popular Sugama Sangeetha singer from Karnataka state. She has performed pop, folk, devotional and bhavageethe (light music). She is ...

, Indian playback singer * Chaja Rubinstein (1872–1965), Polish-born American business magnate *

Chaya Arbel Chaya Arbel ( he, חיה ארבל ; 1921 – 2007) was an Israeli composer. She is one of Israel's best known female classical composers and the recipient of the ACUM Prize. Biography Arbel studied piano and composition in Germany, until she imm ...

(1921–2007), Israeli composer *

Chaya Czernowin Chaya Czernowin (Hebrew: חיה צ'רנובין, ; born December 7, 1957) is an Israeli American composer, and Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University. She is the lead composer at the Schloß Solitude Sommerakademie, a biannu ...

(born 1957), Israeli composer *

Chaya Gusfield Chaya Gusfield is an American, Northern California attorney, known for being one of the two first openly lesbian rabbis ordained by the Jewish Renewal movement. Gusfield and Rabbi Lori Klein were ordained at the same time in January 2006. Gusfiel ...

, American attorney and rabbi *

Chaya Mushka Schneersohn Chaya Mushka Schneersohn was the daughter of Rabbi Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad Hasidic movement, and the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn the third Rebbe.Schneerson, Menachem M''Hayom Yom...''. Kehot Publication Soci ...

(fl. 1860), member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty *

Chaya Mushka Schneerson Chaya Mushka (Moussia) Schneerson (March 16, 1901 – February 10, 1988), referred to by Lubavitchers as ''The Rebbetzin'', was the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh and last Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch bra ...

(1901–1988), member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty *

Chaya Singh Chaya Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Kannada films and television shows. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She has a reputation ...

(born 1981), Indian actress *

Maxime Chaya Maxime Chaya ( ar, مكسيم شعيا) (born December 16, 1961) is a Lebanese sportsman, mountaineer and explorer. On May 15, 2006, he was the first Lebanese to climb Mount Everest, completing the Seven Summits challenge. On December 28, 2007, ...

(born 1961), Lebanese sportsman and explorer

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Cchaya (literature) Chaya (Sanskrit: Chāyā) means 'shadow' or 'gloss', and is meant to provide better clarity on what the Prakrit words meant, and for resolving doubts about homonyms in prakrit. It was an ancient Indian tradition of providing Sanskrit glosses ...

, an ancient tradition of providing Sanskrit glosses (transliterations) for Prakrit word forms, particularly in classical Indian drama plays *

Chaya (plant) ''Cnidoscolus aconitifolius'', commonly known as chaya, tree spinach, or spinach tree, is a large, fast-growing and leafy perennial shrub that is believed to have originated in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The specific epithet, ''aconit ...

, a vegetable *

Chaya tequila Chaya was a brand of tequila produced by ''Interco Brands Inc'' The product was produced from 100% Blue Agave. History Chaya tequila was the brain child of Albert Berentsen, former president of Kahlúa S.A. It was manufactured from 100% Blue Aga ...

, a brand of tequila * Chayah (heb. חיה literally "life"), in Judaism a term for soul, considered a part of Hashem (God) * ''Chaya'' (film), a Kannada-language film *''

Chashitsu ''Chashitsu'' (, "tea room") in Japanese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony (''chanoyu'') gatherings. The architectural style that developed for ''chashitsu'' is referred to as the ''sukiya'' style (''suk ...

'' (茶室), rooms or small buildings used for the Japanese tea ceremony *

Ochaya In Japan, an is an establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha. A now-archaic term that arose in the Edo period, in the modern day refers exclusively to the establishments within Kyoto in which geisha work and entertain their clients ...

(茶屋), "teahouse," a Japanese euphemism for traditional drinking establishments of the early modern period

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