Definitions
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- noun
bitter melon (edible fruit, especially as it is eaten by Okinawans)
Etymologies
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Examples
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(I really want to make a self-inflicting "goya" joke here but only a long lost Jewish ex-boyfriend would get it).
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it's about time! i mean, 'v for vendetta' came out almost a year ago! that's waaaaaaay to long for her to be off the movie screens. unfortunately, 'goya's ghosts' has no definite release date here in the US. grrrrr. hurry up! natalie's public awaits!
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Some restaurants have taken to growing goya—a bitter melon that resembles a bumpy cucumber—by their windows to create shade from the sun and help cool the interior.
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But I always thought the White Heat a goya machine.
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But you do need one critical ingredient: goya season con azafran.
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February 13th, 2008 at 11:59 am yes, black beans and rice! my absolute “go-to” meal, and i got my start on the back of the goya can as well! i make some adjustments, adding some cocoa or dark chocolate, cinnamon, and coffee .and of course, i throw some of it in the blender to thicken it all up. what a delicious way to eat for a few days!
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She grew Okinawan winter melons called goya, zucchini-shaped vegetables with a bumpy exterior, outside her fourplex in the middle of urban Los Angeles and distributed the exotic vegetables to all her Latino neighbors.
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Gore tše kamoka di fele ke ge kontinente e ka šomišana gomme ya dira gore go be le khutšo ya goya go ile.
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Of this tribe the "cabra goya" and the "iguana" grow to a large size; the former I have killed as long as eight or nine feet, but the latter seldom exceeds four.
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-- One of the earliest if not the first remarkable animal to startle a stranger on arriving in Ceylon, whilst wending his way from Point-de-Galle to Colombo, is a huge lizard of from four to five feet in length, the Talla-goya of the Singhalese, and Iguana [1] of the Europeans.
Logophile77 commented on the word goya
Defn. 2: (from HuffPo) "Urdu is the national language of Pakistan, but is also an official language in 5 of the Indian states. This particular Urdu word conveys a contemplative ‘as-if’ that nonetheless feels like reality, and describes the suspension of disbelief that can occur, often through good storytelling."
December 25, 2017