Soraya

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Persian: ثریا (suraiyā, “brilliant gem”, “Pleiades”)

Soraya

A female given name.
- 1999 J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace, Penguin, 2000, ISBN 0140296409, page 8:
  
  Lots of exotics to choose from - Malaysian, Thai, Chinese, you name it. He spends an evening with another Soraya - Soraya has become, it seems, a popular nom de commerce - in a hotel room in Long Street.