Etymology

Sanya

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Today it means: A female given name from Russian. Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian Сања
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Sanya · proper noun1

  1. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromСања
  2. English todaySanya

Transliteration of Russian Са́ня (Sánja), diminutive of Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra) and Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr). In some cases possibly from Serbo-Croatian Сања and Sanja.

Sanya · proper noun2

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromسنيّة“radiant”
  2. English todaySanya

Variant of Saniyah, Saniyya, from Arabic سنيّة (“radiant”)

Sanya · proper noun3

Borrowed from Mandarin 三亞／三亚 (Sānyà).

Words from the same roots

Arabicسنيّة all →

Saniyah

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