Alla

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English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Alla

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

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

Albanian

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Proper noun

Alla m

  1. a surname

Statistics

  • According to the 2011 Albanian census, Alla is the 35th most common surname in Albania, belonging to 5178 individuals.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh, God).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Al‧la

Proper noun

Alla

  1. God

References

German

Interjection

Alla

  1. Pronunciation spelling of Alter.

Latvian

Etymology

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

Alla f

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

References

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

Maltese

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Alla m

  1. (religion, monotheism) God

Derived terms