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Re: meaning of Migdalia
I would be a little surprised if the origin wasn't related to Hebrew "tower of god." Sometimes names are proposed as Hebrew origin that are a stretch, but this is as literal as it gets - migdal means tower, yah means god. Quick googling shows most websites claim that too, although I'm not going to link them because they're not necessarily reliable in general. The other option I can think of if this name is used mainly by Catholics is that this name is related to Magdalene.
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