Tay

were the highest rank of female entertainers in early modern Japanese licensed quarters. were distinguished historically from other courtesans (yūjo; women of pleasure) and entertainers (maiko, geisha/geiko) by their intensive training in numerous traditional artforms from a young age. The prestige this education conferred on them allowed them to refuse clients. They were the only entertainers to attend the Imperial banquets. were known for their training in Japanese tea ceremony, , , Japanese calligraphy, poetry, dance, singing, and the playing of traditional instruments, such as the .

Tay or TAY may refer to:

People and languages

Tay (name), including lists of people with the given name, surname and nickname Tay people, an ethnic group of Vietnam Tày language Atayal language, an Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan (ISO 639-3 code "tay") TAY (singer), Portuguese singer Tiago Amaral (born 1999¹)

Places

Canada

Tay, Ontario, a township Tay River, Ontario Tay Canal, a part of the river Tay Sound, Nunavut

Scotland

River Tay Tay Bridge, a railway bridge that collapsed in 1879, killing all on board a train Loch Tay, a freshwater loch Firth of Tay, the estuary into which the Tay flows

Elsewhere

Tay, Iran, a village Tay, Ardabil, a village Lough Tay, a lake in County Wicklow, Ireland Tay Head, Antarctica Firth of Tay (Antarctica)

Transportation

Rolls-Royce RB.44 Tay, a turbojet aircraft engine Rolls-Royce RB.183 Tay, a turbofan aircraft engine ASL Airlines Belgium, formerly TNT Airways, ICAO airline code TAY Tartu Airport, Estonia, IATA code TAY

Other uses

Tay (treasurer), a high official of Ancient Egypt , several Royal Navy ships Tay (chatbot), an AI chatbot released by Microsoft in 2016 Radio Tay, a group of three Independent Local Radio stations in Scotland Tay FM Tay 2 University of Tampere (Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto (Tay)), a university in Finland Tay, a fictional location in the video game Riven

Names in other languages