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Leila

//ˈleɪlə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Arabic.

    "Oh! who young Leila’s glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?"

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.

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