bunya
/ˈbʌnjə/noun
bunya is spelled B-U-N-Y-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bunya means “The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bunya is bunyas.
How many letters and syllables are in bunya?
| Letters | 5: B-U-N-Y-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 43 million words; the 201,693rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bunya?
Bunya appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bunya?
- /ˈbʌnjə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of bunya
- bunyas plural
- bunna bunna
- bunya bunya
- bunyah-bunyah
- bunyah
- bougna
- bunia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bunya mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
Her three favourite bunyah-bunyah nut trees were destroyed last year to make way for more grazing land for sheep and other animals whose cloven hooves destroyed the delicate topsoil and laid bare the earth.
- 2
A traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish
- 3
IndiadatedA banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bunya in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense traditional dish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bougna |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bunya come from?
From Yagara bunya bunya, Gabi bunyi, Wakawaka bunyi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).