Alla

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• Laal, Lala, la-la

Proper noun

Alla m

1. a surname

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh, “God”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Al‧la

Proper noun

Alla

1. God

References

• “Alla”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Interjection

Alla

1. Pronunciation spelling of Alter.

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).
3. A transliteration of the Ukrainian 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.la/

• Audio (Gozo):

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• Homophone: alla

Proper noun

Alla m

1. (religion, monotheism) God