Baya may refer to:

Ethnic groups

Gbaya people The Gbaya, also Gbeya or Baya, are a people of the western region of the Central African Republic, east-central Cameroon, the north of the Republic of Congo, and the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Republic of South Sudan In the ...

, ethnic group in the Central African Republic

People

* Baya (artist) (1931–1998), Algerian artist *

Baya Rahouli Baya Rahouli (, born July 27, 1979, in Bab El Oued, Algiers) is an Algerian athlete who competes in the triple jump. She is a former African record holder in this event, and has two African championship titles, beating Françoise Mbango Etone a ...

(born 1979), Algerian athlete * Kara Baya, member of the pan-African parliament *

Raymond Ramazani Baya Raymond Ramazani Baya (16 June 1943 – 1 January 2019) was a Congolese politician. He served as the foreign minister of that country under the transitional government following his appointment to that post on 23 July 2004, by vice-president Jea ...

(1943–2019), Democratic Republic of Congo politician *

Zoubeir Baya Zoubeir Baya (; born 15 May 1971) is a Tunisian former professional Association football, footballer with a distinguished career as one of his country's most accomplished football exports. Baya, an attacking midfielder, displayed considerable ski ...

(born 1971), Tunisian football player * Paulo Baya, Brazilian footballer

Biology

Animals

* ''Baya'' (leafhopper), a leafhopper genus in the tribe

Erythroneurini Erythroneurini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Typhlocybinae, with over 200 genus, genera. Genera * ''Aaka'' Dworakowska, 1972 * ''Accacidia'' Dworakowska, 1971 * ''Ahmedra'' Dworakowska & Viraktamath, 1979 * ''Aidola'' Melichar, 1 ...

* The

baya weaver The baya weaver (''Ploceus philippinus'') is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub and secondary growth and they are best known for their hang ...

, a bird species found in South and Southeast Asia * The Finn's baya, a bird species found in the Ganges valley of India

Plants

* Baya, a synonym for the Portuguese

baga (grape) Baga is a red Portuguese wine grape variety planted primarily in the Bairrada DOC. As a varietal, Baga produces tannic wines with high acidity. J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Wine Course'' Third Edition pg 130 Abbeville Press 2003 Synonym ...

variety

Places

* Baya, Côte d'Ivoire, a village in Côte d'Ivoire * Baya, Ganassi, an inactive volcano in Lanao del Sur province, Philippines * Baya, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran *

Baya, Qazvin Nosratabad-e Bayeh (, also Romanized as Noşratābād-e Bāyeh; also known as Noşratābād-e Bābeh, Bāya, and Bāyeh) is a village in Dashtabi-ye Sharqi Rural District, Dashtabi District, Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province, Iran Ir ...

, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran * Baya, Mali, a commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of Mali * Baya, Togo, a village in the Bassar Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-western Togo *

Baya, Sar-e Pol Baya is a village in Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan. See also * Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e-Pol, also spelled Sari Pul (), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It borders Ghor and Bamyan to ...

, Afghanistan *

Baya river Baya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Gbaya people, ethnic group in the Central African Republic People * Baya (artist) (1931–1998), Algerian artist * Baya Rahouli (born 1979), Algerian athlete * Kara Baya, member of the pan-African parliament ...

, the name of a river in the

Begusarai district Begusarai District is one of the thirty-eight Districts of Bihar, districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Begusarai is its administrative headquarters and is part of the Munger division. History Begusarai was established in 1870 as ...

of the Bihar state, India * Baya, an alternative name for

Kipoi, Ioannina Kipoi (, before 1928: Μπάγια – ''Bagia'') is a village in the region of Zagori. It belongs to the municipal unit of Tymfi (municipal unit), Tymfi, Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit, Greece. The Greek name derives from the ma ...

, a village in Greece

Beverages

* Baya, a rice wine from the northern Philippines also known as ''tapuy''

Military

* USS ''Baya'' (SS-318), a U.S. Navy submarine

Music

* "Baya al Ward" (song), a 2006 single by Amal Hijazi * ''

Baya al Ward ''Baya al Ward'' (, ) is the fourth studio album by the Lebanese singer Amal Hijazi released under the label Rotana in 2006. For the project, Hijazi collaborated with renowned producers like Jean Saliba and Fady Bitar and worked with some of th ...

'', a 2006 album by Amal Hijazi * ''Baya'', the lower drum in a pair of

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...