What does ya ya mean in Cajun French? (2023)

What does YaYa mean in Louisiana?

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Young Aspirations; Young Artists. The first letters of those words spell YAYA. It's an acronym. And the name of the name for the New Orleans place where kids become artists. YaYa started as an after-school kind of place.

' There is also a Yoruban word ya-ya, meaning "eldest daughter," and in New Orleans, the food capital of the South, the term has developed a colloquial meaning through the phrase "gumbo ya-ya," a rich local soup featuring sometimes seafood, sometimes meat, always vegetables and rice.

“Mo linm twa”.

Yaya is an old brazilian nickname for Miss or Missy. During slavery years, the slaves used to refear to the little Miss from the big house as Yayá or Iaiá. In ancient Greek, "Yaya" meant literally "woman." Today, Greek grandmothers are called "Yaya," likely because they have achieved womanhood.

Noun. bobo (plural bobos) (Louisiana, Montreal) A boo-boo (minor injury)

Greece: Maybe because it just sounds joyful, the Greek YaYa is a popular grandmother nickname. It's sometimes hyphenated and sometimes rendered as YiaYia.

MawMaw. With its French Cajun roots, "MawMaw" is widely used throughout Louisiana. Also consider the similar-sounding "MeeMaw" as a traditional Southern grandma nickname.

Yaya (god) Supreme God/Great Spirit.

Where y'at? This standard New Orleans greeting means simply "How are you?" or "What's going on?" So don't tell the asker where you are.

What do you call someone born in Louisiana?

Louisiana. People who live in Louisiana are called Louisianians and Louisianans.

Greece: Maybe because it just sounds joyful, the Greek YaYa is a popular grandmother nickname. It's sometimes hyphenated and sometimes rendered as YiaYia.