Definitions for arya
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1. arya

   Aryan or Arya (; Indo-Iranian *arya) is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*an-arya). In Ancient India, the term ā́rya was used by the Indo-Aryan speakers of the Vedic period as an endonym (self-designation) and in reference to a region known as Āryāvarta ('abode of the Aryas'), where the Indo-Aryan culture emerged. In the Avesta scriptures, ancient Iranian peoples similarly used the term airya to designate themselves as an ethnic group, and in reference to their mythical homeland, Airyanǝm Vaēǰō ('expanse of the Aryas' or 'stretch of the Aryas'). The stem also forms the etymological source of place names such as Iran (*Aryānām) and Alania (*Aryāna-).Although the stem *arya may be of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) origin, its use as an ethnocultural self-designation is only attested among Indo-Iranian peoples, and it is not known if PIE speakers had a term to designate themselves as 'Proto-Indo-Europeans'. In any case, scholars point out that, even in ancient times, the idea of being an Aryan was religious, cultural, and linguistic, not racial.In the 1850s, the term 'Aryan' was adopted as a racial category by French writer Arthur de Gobineau, who, through the later works of Houston Stewart Chamberlain, influenced the Nazi racial ideology. Under Nazi rule (1933–1945), the term applied to most inhabitants of Germany excluding Jews and Slavs such as Czechs, Poles or Russians. Those classified as 'non-Aryans,' especially Jews, were discriminated against before suffering the systematic mass killing known as the Holocaust. The atrocities committed in the name of Aryanist supremacist ideologies have led academics to generally avoid the term 'Aryan', which has been replaced in most cases by 'Indo-Iranian', although the South Asian branch is still known as 'Indo-Aryan'.

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1. ARYA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Arya is ranked #24961 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Arya surname appeared 996 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Arya.
   
   76.7% or 764 total occurrences were Asian.
   13.5% or 135 total occurrences were White.
   4.4% or 44 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.6% or 26 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 21 total occurrences were Black.
   0.6% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. raya

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of arya in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of arya in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of arya in a Sentence

1. Lena Headey:

   Sleeping with Gendry, seeing Jon again, realizing Maisie Williams's not just fighting for herself anymore but also her family -- it's bringing up all these human emotions that Arya Stark hasn't felt for a long time.

2. Queen Cersei:

   [ T ] hat wasn't how I envisioned Maisie Williams arc going this year, then I realized there were other things I could play, bringing Arya Stark back to being a 16-year-old again.

3. Maisie Williams:

   I wanted Arya Stark to kill Queen Cersei even if it means [ Arya ] dies too, even up to the point when Cersei's with Jaime I thought [ while reading the script ],' He's going to whip off his face [ and reveal its Arya ]' and they're both going to die. I thought that's what Arya's drive has been.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arya
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html