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Eliza

/ɪˈlaɪzə/

Eliza proper noun: a female given name from Hebrew, popular in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Eliza

  1. A female given name from Hebrew, popular in the 19th century.
    • "My real name's !Eliza!. I've sometimes thought she called me after Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion." "Come again?" said Sean. "Because she intended to do the same thing with me as Pygmalion did with Galatea and as Professor Higgins did with Eliza Doolittle, he remade her to be the way he wanted her...1993, Ruth Rendell, The Crocodile Bird, page 76

Eliza meaning in Tamil

Eliza in Tamil

எலிசா

Origin of Eliza

Shortened from Elizabeth.

Words formed from Eliza

Words that rhyme with Eliza

Questions about Eliza

What does Eliza mean?
Eliza means a female given name from Hebrew, popular in the 19th century.
What is Eliza in Tamil?
Eliza in Tamil is எலிசா. See Eliza meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Eliza?
Eliza is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Eliza?
Eliza is pronounced /ɪˈlaɪzə/.

Words near Eliza in the dictionary

  1. elixirists
  2. elixirlike
  3. elixirs
  4. elixirs of life
  5. Eliz
  6. Eliza
  7. ELIZA effect
  8. Elizabeth
  9. Elizabeth Bay
  10. Elizabeth Beach
  11. Elizabeth City

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Eliza (page history and authors); eliza (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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