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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An indigenous nation inhabiting a reservation in New Mexico, known for their pottery and use of the sun symbol. plural, plural-only

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims.
2. 2
   A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
3. 3
   A pueblo in New Mexico.
4. 4
   Shanghainese romanization of the Chinese surname romanized as Xie in Mandarin.

Example

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"The current Prime Minister of Bangladesh is Khaleda Zia."

Etymology

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

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.