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Zia

name

Meaning

  1. A pueblo in New Mexico.
  2. A male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims.
  3. An indigenous nation inhabiting a reservation in New Mexico, known for their pottery and use of the sun symbol.
  4. A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
  5. Shanghainese romanization of the Chinese surname romanized as Xie in Mandarin.

Etymology / origin

(Arabic name): Borrowed from Arabic ضِيَاء (ḍiyāʔ, “light”) via Spanish.

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