Mahmuna () is a female
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
name. Variant spellings in English include: Maimoonah, Maymoonah, Maymuna(h), Maimouna and Mehmoona. Its meaning is 'auspicious, blessed'.
Notable people
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Maymuna Abu Bakr, Yemeni poet, songwriter, and television director
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Hélène Diarra
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, Malian actress
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Maimouna Diarra, Senegalese basketball player
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Maïmouna Doucouré
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, French film director
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Maïmouna Guerresi
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, Italian artist
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Maïmouna Gueye, Franco-Senegalese actress
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Maymunah bint al-Harith
Maymunah bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyyah ( ar, مَيْمُونَة ٱبْنَت ٱلْحَارِث ٱلْهِلَالِيَّة, Maymūnah ibnat al-Ḥārith al-Hilālīyah; ), was a twelfth wife of Muhammad. Her original name was Barrah ( ar, بَ ...
, wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
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Maymunah Kadiri, Nigerian mental health advocate
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Maïmouna Kane, Senegalese jurist and politician
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Maimouna N'Diaye, French actress
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Maïmouna Sourang Ndir, Senegalese politician
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Maïmouna Ndoye Seck, Senegalese politician
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Maïmouna Togola, Malian footballer
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Maimouna Traoré, Malian footballer
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Maimouna Youssef, American singer, songwriter, and rapper
See also
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Majmuna Stone
References
Arabic feminine given names
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