goya
goya Lexical Profile
• noun
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828), a Spanish Romantic painter and printmaker renowned for his court portraits and dramatic depictions of human suffering and war, or a work of art created by him.
"During their visit to the Prado Museum in Madrid, they spent hours admiring an original Goya."
The warty, oblong, green fruit of the tropical vine Momordica charantia, widely used as a culinary vegetable in Japanese and Okinawan cuisine for its distinctive bitter flavor.
"The chef sliced the goya thinly and stir-fried it with tofu, egg, and pork to make a traditional Okinawan dish."
A city in Corrientes Province in northeastern Argentina, situated along the Paraná River.
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Word Origin & Etymology
In its culinary sense, the word was borrowed into English via Japanese from the Okinawan word gōyā, which refers to the bitter melon native to tropical Asia.
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