Home › Words › B › banyabanya/ˈbɑːnjə/banya means A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).banya is pronounced /ˈbɑːnjə/.EtymologyFrom Russian ба́ня f (bánja). Doublet of bagnio, bain, and balaneion.nounA type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).e.g.“The Russian public steam bath (banya) is a cultural hybrid which borrows freely from the Finnish sauna and the Turkish political detention centre.” — 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bannik 69% match — A bathhouse spirit in Slavic mythology. vs banya →balneary 65% match — A room for bathing. vs banya →vaporarium 61% match — A steam bath. vs banya →balaneion 59% match — An ancient Greek bathhouse. vs banya →hummum 58% match — A Turkish bath. vs banya →balneal 58% match — Of or pertaining to baths or to bathing vs banya →bathhouse 58% match — A building with baths for communal use. vs banya →balneatory 58% match — Pertaining to a bath vs banya →