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    Patwa headword

    Fiya

    /FY-ah/

    Noun
    Gloss
    "Fire / Praise"
    Definition
    Fire; also used in Rastafarian and dancehall culture to signify purification, praise, or calling out evil.
    Example
    "More fiya pon Babylon!"
    Origin
    Patois pronunciation of 'fire'.

    As a cultural term, Fiya is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.