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rya

rya

9.9
A thick handwoven rug with long soft hairs made in Sweden
  • noun
  • /ˈriːə/
translation icon : rya
  • She chose a vibrant rya rug to enhance the Scandinavian theme of her home.

Examples

  • The living room was beautifully decorated with a cozy rya rug that added warmth and texture to the space.

  • Some of her artworks were up on the walls, like the rya rugs she hooked after patterns she had seen through a scanning electron microscope, and an abstract black-and-white wash of milk bottles that hung in the kitchen, but mainly the walls were bare.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • During the winter months, the soft rya rug provided a comfortable spot to sit by the fireplace.

Synonyms

shag rug
vsrya
1 3.8

A rug with long, thick, soft threads that look fluffy

is the Scandinavian handwoven variety rather than the general long piled type
rya rug
vsrya
9.5

A thick shaggy rug from Sweden with long soft threads and bright patterns

is the traditional handwoven Swedish form rather than a general long piled rug

Compounds

rya rug
9.5

A thick shaggy rug from Sweden with long soft threads and bright patterns

How Shaggy

rya
9.9
pile
4 5.8
rug
352 1.0
mat
136 1.0

Surface Forms

rya singular
ryas plural

Etymology

Rya comes from Swedish and originally meant something like 'shag' or 'thick hair' used for warm cloth. So, a rya is a handwoven Scandinavian rug with long, soft fibers, which explains its warm, fluffy feel.