Laya or Layah may refer to:

People

Laya (surname) Laya is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Argelia Laya (1926–1997), Venezuelan educator and activist * Diouldé Laya (1937–2014), Nigerien sociologist * Jaime C. Laya (born 1939), Filipino banker and government official * Jean ...

, a Chinese Indonesian surname *

Laya Francis Laya Francis (born 22 March 1963) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. She appeared in four Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals for India between 1993 and 1995. She played domestic cricket for Rail ...

(born 1963), former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India *

Laya Raki Laya Raki (born Brunhilde Marie Alma Herta Jörns; 27 July 192721 December 2018) was a dancer and film actress popular in Germany in the 1950s and early 1960s. She also became an international star for her roles in British films and TV productio ...

(born 1927), former dancer and film actress popular in Germany in the 1950s and early 1960s *

Layah (singer) Yana Ihorivna Shvets ( uk, Яна Ігорівна Швець; born 2 April 1989), known by her stage names Eva Bushmina ( uk, Ева Бушмина, 2009—2016) and Layah (stylised in all capital letters, since 2016), is a Ukrainian singer, act ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian singer * The

Layap The Layap ( Dzongkha: ལ་ཡཔ་) are an indigenous people inhabiting the high mountains of northwest Bhutan in the village of Laya, in the Gasa District, at an altitude of , just below the Tsendagang peak. Their population in 2003 stood at ...

people of the Himalayas * Jean-Louis Laya (1761–1833), dramatist

Places

Laya, Bhutan Laya, Bhutan is a town in Laya Gewog in Gasa District in northwestern Bhutan. It is inhabited by the indigenous Layap people, and is the highest settlement in the country at 3,820 meters (12,533 feet) above sea level. See also *List of highest t ...

, a town in Gasa District in northwestern Bhutan *

Laya, Guinea Laya or Layah is a village in the Forécariah Prefecture in the Kindia Region Kindia Region ( Pular: 𞤁𞤭𞥅𞤱𞤢𞤤 𞤑𞤭𞤲𞤣𞤭𞤴𞤢𞥄) is located in western Guinea. It is bordered by the country of Sierra Leone an ...

, a village in the Forécariah Prefecture in the Kindia Region of Guinea *

Layah, Iran Layeh ( fa, لايه, also Romanized as Lāyeh, Layah, and Layyeh; also known as Layakh) is a village in Kalisham Rural District, Amarlu District, Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

, a village in Gilan Province, Iran *

Layyah Layyah ( Saraiki and ur, ), previously spelled as Leiah, is a city in the Pakistan.Indian classical music Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindustani'' and the South Indian expression known as '' Carnatic''. These traditions were not ...

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Heteropoda venatoria ''Heteropoda venatoria'' is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world, and it is present in some subtropical areas as an introduced species. Its common names include gi ...

'', a spider of family Sparassidaeknown, known as ''laya'' in some places *

Laia (tool) The laia ( es, laya) is a two-pronged type of foot-plough used in the Basque Country. Aside from being a farming implement, it is also used in laia racing. The people using a laia are referred to as ''laiariak'' in Basque. Etymology The word i ...

, a farming implement known in Spanish as ''laya'' *

Laya Healthcare Laya Healthcare is a health insurance company in Ireland. Its headquarters are in Little Island, County Cork. It is regulated by the Health Insurance Authority. History BUPA Ireland, then part of the wider BUPA group, entered the private med ...

, a health insurance company in Ireland * ''

Laya, the Witch of Red Pooh ''Laya, the Witch of Red Pooh'' is a ''manhwa'' series by Yo Yo. The series is licensed in English in the United States and Canada by Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licens ...

'', a manhwa series by Yo Yo *

Laya yoga Kundalini yoga () derives from ''kundalini'', defined in tantra as energy that lies within the body, frequently at the navel or the base of the spine. In normative tantric systems kundalini is considered to be dormant until it is activated (a ...

, a form of Yoga