Aliya ( ar, عَلِيَّة ), Aaliyah, Alia, or Aliyah is an Arabic feminine given name.
It is the feminine of the name
Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...
, meaning "exalted".
People
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Aliya bint Ali
Aliya bint Ali of Hejaz (1911 – 21 December 1950), was an Arabian princess and a queen consort of Iraq. She was the spouse and first cousin of King Ghazi of Iraq and the queen mother of King Faisal II of Iraq. She was the second and last Quee ...
(1911–1950), Queen of Iraq
* ''Aliyah bint Abdallah al-Mansur'', was the daughter of Abbasid caliph
Al-Mansur
Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...
from his spouse Aliyah al-Umayyah.
* ''Aliyah bint al-Mahdi'', was the daughter of Abbasid caliph
Al-Mahdi
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr ( ar, أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله المنصور; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name Al-Mahdī (, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abb ...
(r. 775–785) from his concubine Bahtariyah.
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Aliya (actress) (born 1992), Chinese actress
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Aliya LeeKong (born 1978), American chef, television personality, and author
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Aliya Moldagulova (1925–1944), Soviet and Kazakh sniper
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Aliya Mustafina
Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 45 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most success ...
(born 1994), Russian artistic gymnast
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Aliya Jasmine Sovani Aliya-Jasmine "AJ" Sovani (born November 18, 1981) is a television broadcaster and producer, initially known for her work on MTV. She is currently working as a host for NBC.
Career
Before working at MTV, Sovani was a producer at MuchMusic, and ...
(born 1981), Canadian television personality and producer
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Aliya Yussupova (born 1984), Kazakh rhythmic gymnast
See also
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Aaliyah (1979–2001), American singer, dancer, actress, and model
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Aaliyah (given name) Aaliyah ( ar, علية or ) is a female given name meaning "exalted one".https://momlovesbest.com/aaliyah-name-meaning
Notable people
*Aaliyah Alleyne (born 1994), West Indian cricketer
* Aaliyah Brown (born 1995), American sprinter
*Aaliyah Edward ...
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Aliyah (given name)
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Alia (name) Alia or Aleah is both a surname and a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Alias (TV series)
Surname
*Gjergj Elez Alia, a legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
*Giuseppe Alia, murderer of Father Leo Hei ...
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Alya (name)
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Aliye Aliye () is a Turkish and Iranian feminine given name. People named Aliye include:
Given name
* Aliye Berger (1903–1974), Turkish artist, engraver, and painter
* Aliye Rona (1921–1996), Turkish film actress
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, name
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Aila (name) Aila is a female given name found in several different languages, pronounced as "eye-luh" or "ay-luh" depending on origin. It is the Finnish equivalent of Helga or Olga, meaning "bringer of light". In Scottish Gaelic, it means "from the strong plac ...
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Ali (name)
Ali is a common unisex name.
In Arabic, Ali is derived from the Arabic root ʕ-l-w, which literally means "high", "elevated" or "champion", and is used as both a given name and surname. Islamic traditional use of the name goes back to the Islam ...
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Arabic feminine given names