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Jaya

British  
/ ˈdʒɑːjə /

noun

  1. Former spelling: Djaya.  Former names: Mount Carstensz.   Sukarno Peak.  a mountain in E Indonesia, in Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) in the Sudirman Range: the highest mountain in New Guinea. Height: 5039 m (16 532 ft)

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In Pidie Jaya district, not much has changed since the muddy torrent swallowed homes.

From Barron's

Reni and her teenage daughters were among those relocated to a tightly packed temporary housing warehouse in Pidie Jaya district last month.

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Shema Nanthini, 26, from nearby Petaling Jaya, Selangor, said the festival holds deep personal meaning.

From Barron's

When Laura Dern’s daughter Jaya was little, she paid a visit to the set of HBO’s “Enlightened” and told her mother that she noticed something different about her.

From Los Angeles Times

“She was like, ‘Mom, you seem more at home here than at home,’” recalls Dern, adding that what Jaya spotted was the ease of someone who, as the child of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, has been on soundstages and location shoots since infancy.

From Los Angeles Times