Alla

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English

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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Alla

  1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name А́лла (Álla).

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Alla

  1. Obsolete form of Allah.
    • 1819, Henry Tudor Farmer, Imagination; the Maniac's Dream: And Other Poems, page 157:
      [] look at these Christians closely, and you will abhor them. They are the worshippers of gold, not the followers of Alla. The poorest Mussulman has more hospitality than their Cadi; more charity than their Imans; more honesty than their Viziers.

Anagrams

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh, God).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Al‧la

Proper noun

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Alla

  1. God

References

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German

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Interjection

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Alla

  1. Pronunciation spelling of Alter.

Latvian

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Etymology

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First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1888. Partly from Russian Алла (Alla), a name of uncertain origin, or shortened from Aleksandra.

Proper noun

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Alla f

  1. a female given name of Latvian speakers
  2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name А́лла (Álla).

References

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  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Alla was the only given name of 5718 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh, God) through the common dialectal form alla with loss of the final -h. The Arabic word is a general term for “God” used also by Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Alla m

  1. (religion, monotheism) God

Derived terms

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