Poyas

However, Poyas said when she turned from the east to the west, she was encouraged.

Firefighters: Arizona's Monument fire 40 percent contained 2011

Amberian Peaks Lodge and Restaurant was among the buildings firefighters saved, but owner Ann Poyas was still stunned by the destruction around her.

Firefighters: Arizona's Monument fire 40 percent contained 2011

Poyas, or Cingulus mundi, that is, the girdle of the world, or of the earth.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Whether they are called the Urals, which is the Tartar, or the Poyas, which is the Russian name, they are correctly so termed; for these names signify “belt” in both languages.

Michael Strogoff 2003

In his Atlantic account Higginson described Vesey's plan (which was developed in collaboration with a slave named Peter Poyas) as the most elaborate insurrectionary project ever formed by American slaves ....

Denmark Vesey, Forgotten Hero 1999

This is why, to the readers of American history, Denmark Vesey and Peter Poyas have been heretofore but the shadows of names.

Denmark Vesey, Forgotten Hero 1999

In his Atlantic account Higginson described Vesey's plan (which was developed in collaboration with a slave named Peter Poyas) as the most elaborate insurrectionary project ever formed by American slaves ....

Denmark Vesey, Forgotten Hero 1999

This is why, to the readers of American history, Denmark Vesey and Peter Poyas have been heretofore but the shadows of names.

Denmark Vesey, Forgotten Hero 1999

Poyas, Peter, his connection with the Negro plot in Charleston,

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Whether they are called the Urals, which is the Tartar, or the Poyas, which is the Russian name, they are correctly so termed; for these names signify "belt" in both languages.

Michael Strogoff : or the Courier of the Czar 1911