Soraya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ثریا (suraiyā, brilliant gem; Pleiades), ultimately from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).

Proper noun

Soraya

  1. A female given name.
    • 1999 J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace, Penguin, 2000, →ISBN, 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.

Spanish

Proper noun

Soraya f

  1. A female given name
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