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Waya is a small fishing community perched on the edge of Lukanga swamp, 150 miles north of Lusaka.
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Waya small round green fruit, skin cracks open revealing a flesh colored interior around a pit almost as big as the fruit.
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Excavations at Olo, near Yalobi Bay on the Fijian island of Waya, have yielded Lapita style pottery in the lowest layers dated to 800 B.C.
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Rutherford, himself, while proceeding to the destruction of the Hiwassee towns, encountered the Indians drawn up to oppose his progress in the Waya Gap of the Nantahala Mountains, and one of the hardest fights of the campaign resulted, the soldiers losing over forty killed and wounded, although the Cherokee were finally repulsed.
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Then he pushed open another door leading into a shed and called "Waya."
Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Bret Harte 1869
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"This is Waya, who attends to the cooking and cleaning," he said; "and by the way, what is your name?"
Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Bret Harte 1869
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A rare straggler from the main road, penetrating this seclusion, might have scarcely distinguished her from Waya, in her coarse cotton gown and slouched hat, except for the free stride which contrasted with her companion's waddle.
Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Bret Harte 1869
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She had driven Waya and the other squaws far along the sparse tableland pasture in search of missing stock; she herself had lain out all night on the rocks beside an ailing heifer.
Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Bret Harte 1869
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Waya, promoted to the burlesque of a chaperone, grinned with infinite delight and understanding.
Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Bret Harte 1869
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Waya warned will risk having the youths cause confusion and disruption of the political activities if they jettison zoning.
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