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Does Ya Ya mean grandmother?

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YaYa is a first name, I believe that it originates from Brazil.

It's not from Brazil
I'm Brazilian and I don't know what's Ya Ya

Edit- Ya Ya is not Portuguese, it is Greek for Grandmother.

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