Anya-Nya

English

Alternative forms

• Anyanya
• Anya Nya

Etymology

Probably from Ma'di ɨ̄nyānyā (“poison”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /aˈnjɑːnjə/

Proper noun

Anya-Nya

1. A south Sudanese guerrilla movement active during the First Sudanese Civil War.
   • 2009 June 5, Lawrence Joffe, The Guardian:

     He signed the Addis Ababa peace pact of 1972 with the Anya-Nya rebels and granted autonomy to Sudan's three southern provinces.