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  • The Egyptian promised land was called Yaa, and according to a hieroglyphic epistle by Sinuhe, its trees were laden with figs, grapes and many other fruits.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • The Egyptian promised land was called Yaa, and according to a hieroglyphic epistle by Sinuhe, its trees were laden with figs, grapes and many other fruits.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • The Egyptian promised land was called Yaa, and according to a hieroglyphic epistle by Sinuhe, its trees were laden with figs, grapes and many other fruits.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Once upon a time, in a town far away, there lived a boy named Kwame, his sister, Ama, their mother and father, a nanny called Yaa, a cook called Yaro, and two cats who were much too wild to have names and who came and went as they pleased.

    Into the Woods Appiah, Kwame Anthony 2003

  • The last letter is a Yaa, which is simply an "ee" sound, as in "tree."

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter LEE KEATH 2011

  • I watched as individuals in the audience stamped their feet and shouted, “Yaa, yaa,” in approval.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • My African heroines include Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia and the first elected female Head of State in Africa, and the valiant Yaa Asantewaa who led an army that fought against British colonialism in 1900.

    Dee Poku: My Africa Dee Poku 2011

  • My African heroines include Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia and the first elected female Head of State in Africa, and the valiant Yaa Asantewaa who led an army that fought against British colonialism in 1900.

    Dee Poku: My Africa Dee Poku 2011

  • In this locality it is called Yaa-hoo, and is described as having much resemblance in form to the human figure, but with frightful features — the feet like those of a man, but reversed or turned backwards.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • I watched as individuals in the audience stamped their feet and shouted, “Yaa, yaa,” in approval.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

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