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Where does “papaya” come from?
papaya (Tagalog) comes from Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia — papaya.
papaya
(Tagalog): papaya
Definitions
papaya
Ancestry of “papaya”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Spanish
papaya
papaya; vagina; easy
2
Arawak
papáia
papaya
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