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This was the name of a female character in Neal Stephenson's book Anathem.
I know it's listed in the database as a male Arabic name.
I know it's a lot like Allah, but I think that's ah-LAH? I'd pronounce Ala as AL-ah, Al- like in Albert, not AH-la. I guess I'm not the only one who thinks it sounds feminine - a handful more girls are named it in the US lately than boys.
Also Latin for wing. Meanings in various other languages: section or area, to produce or nourish, to be born, flag, way, awl, snake, cave, over or on, dragon, everything, multicolored, trout.
WDYT? WWYT of an American girl named Ala?
- mirfak
I know it's listed in the database as a male Arabic name.
I know it's a lot like Allah, but I think that's ah-LAH? I'd pronounce Ala as AL-ah, Al- like in Albert, not AH-la. I guess I'm not the only one who thinks it sounds feminine - a handful more girls are named it in the US lately than boys.
Also Latin for wing. Meanings in various other languages: section or area, to produce or nourish, to be born, flag, way, awl, snake, cave, over or on, dragon, everything, multicolored, trout.
WDYT? WWYT of an American girl named Ala?
- mirfak
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