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Leia

Syllables: Lei·aUK/ˈleɪ̯.ə//ˈleɪ̯.ə/

Leia proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage.

leia: a female given name originating as a coinage
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Proper noun

Leia

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

Origin of Leia

From the name of a princess in the American fantasy film Star Wars (1977).

Words that rhyme with Leia

Questions about Leia

What does Leia mean?
Leia means a female given name originating as a coinage.
What part of speech is Leia?
Leia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Leia?
Leia is pronounced /ˈleɪ̯.ə/ (UK).

Words near Leia in the dictionary

  1. lei
  2. Lei Day
  3. Lei Yue Mun
  4. Lei-chou
  5. Lei.
  6. Leia
  7. Leianokladi
  8. Leiba
  9. Leibas
  10. Leibel
  11. Leibels

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Leia (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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