What does «hoya» mean in Spanish?
- Big hole.
- Pit for burying one or more corpses; grave.
- In geography, extensive terrain or plain surrounded by mountains or elevations.
- Pesticides.
- River basin.
Examples of use in Spanish: "hoya del río".
- Seedbed, improvised nursery to protect plants from the cold.
- In botany, a genus of climbing plants that includes about 300 species of the family Apocynaceae; they are commonly known as wax plant, wax vine, wax flower, or simply hoya. This genus was named by botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858), in honor of his botanical friend Thomas Hoy (1750-1822). Most are native to Asia, including India, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. There is a great diversity of species in the Philippines and species in Polynesia, New Guinea and Australia.
- (hoya de arena) In golf, sand trap.
- (estar en hoya) Being in a very poor or precarious economic condition.
♦ Used in: Dominican Republic