Alla

See also: alla, állá, ALLA, álla, allá, and ällä

English

Proper noun

Alla

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name А́лла (Álla).

Anagrams

• Laal, Lala, la-la

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1888. Partly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian Алла (Alla), a name of uncertain origin, or shortened from Aleksandra.

Proper noun

Alla f

1. a female given name of Latvian speakers.
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Алла (Alla).

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Alla was the only given name of 5718 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh, “God”) through the common dialectal form alla with loss of the final -h. Notwithstanding the fact that modern Maltese people descend mainly from converted Muslims, the Arabic word is a general term for “God” used also by Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians (and, in fact, used by them even before the advent of Islam itself).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.la/
• Homophone: alla

Proper noun

Alla m

1. (religion, monotheism) God

Derived terms

• alla (common noun)
• Alla jagħtih il-ġenna
• Bin Alla; Iben ta’ Alla (“Son of God”)
• Ħaruf ta’ Alla (“Lamb of God”)
• Omm Alla; Omm ta’ Alla (“Mother of God”)