"Liia" meaning in Estonian

See Liia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Variant of Lii, from Eliisabet, short form of Julia, Cecilia and similar names, and a romanisation of Russian Ли́я (Líja, “Leah”). Etymology templates: {{der|et|ru|Ли́я||Leah}} Russian Ли́я (Líja, “Leah”) Head templates: {{head|et|proper noun}} Liia
  1. a female given name
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}

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