Aliya

Aliya, Aaliyah, Alia or Aliyah (Arabic: عَلِيَّة‎ or عَالِيَّة‎) is an Arabic feminine given name.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It is the feminine of the name Ali, meaning "exalted".

People

  • Aliya bint Ali (1911–1950), Queen of Iraq
  • Aliyah bint Abdallah al-Mansur, was the daughter of Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur from his spouse Aliyah al-Umayyah.
  • Aliyah bint al-Mahdi, was the daughter of Abbasid caliph Al-Mahdi (r. 775–785) from his concubine Bahtariyah.
  • Aliya (actress) (born 1992), Chinese actress
  • Aliya LeeKong (born 1978), American chef, television personality, and author
  • Aliya Moldagulova (1925–1944), Soviet and Kazakh sniper
  • Aliya Mustafina (born 1994), Russian artistic gymnast
  • Aliya Yussupova (born 1984), Kazakh rhythmic gymnast

See also

References

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