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banya en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɑːnjə/

Etymology

From Russian ба́ня f (bánja). Doublet of bagnio, bain, and balaneion.

Meanings

1. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).
   • The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre. 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:

Forms

Translations (36)

sah баанньык (a Russian steam bath) · be ба́ня (a Russian steam bath) · uk ла́зня (a Russian steam bath) · cv мунча (a Russian steam bath) · udm мунчо (a Russian steam bath) · ko 바냐 (a Russian steam bath) · uk ба́ня (a Russian steam bath) · de Banja (a Russian steam bath) · ca bània (a Russian steam bath) · be ла́зня (a Russian steam bath) · fr bania (a Russian steam bath) · it bania (a Russian steam bath) · izh sauna (a Russian steam bath) · kk монша (a Russian steam bath) · tr banya (a Russian steam bath) · ab абана (a Russian steam bath) · ba мунса (a Russian steam bath) · izh kyli (a Russian steam bath) · ab аҳамам (a Russian steam bath) · nl banja (a Russian steam bath) · hu gőzfürdő (a Russian steam bath) · fi venäläinen sauna (a Russian steam bath) · xal бань (a Russian steam bath) · ka აბანო (a Russian steam bath) · pl bania (a Russian steam bath) · sh бања (a Russian steam bath) · sh banja (a Russian steam bath) · fi banja (a Russian steam bath) · ru ба́ня (a Russian steam bath) · sjd ба̄йна (a Russian steam bath) · bg ба́ня (a Russian steam bath) · hy բաղնիք (a Russian steam bath) · ja バニャ (a Russian steam bath) · os абана (a Russian steam bath) · fr banya (a Russian steam bath) · pt banya (a Russian steam bath)