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Sanya

Sanya proper noun: a female given name from Russian.

Proper noun (1)

Sanya

  1. A female given name from Russian.

Proper noun (2)

Sanya

  1. A female given name from Arabic.

Proper noun (3)

Sanya

  1. A resort city, a prefecture-level city on Hainan island, Hainan province, China.
    • About forty bombers and fighters were based at the Hoihow Airport and at Sanya in the southern part of the island, both fields built by the Japanese and used in the war to strike at Allied positions in China and Southeast Asia.[...]CAT kept planes at its main base at Sanya on a standby basis for...1972, Seymour Topping, “Departure”, in Journey Between Two Chinas, Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 102–103
    • In mid-November, the commander of the Hainan Military Sub-district ordered troops stationed at Sanya Bay to join the demonstration.1983 March 20, “Hainan protest over Teng's economic plans”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIV, number 11, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

Sanya meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

Sanya in Arabic

a city in China
سَانْيَا sanyā

Sanya in Vietnamese

a city in China
Tam Á

Forms of Sanya

alternative formSan-ya
alternative formSan-Ya
alternative formSan Ya
alternative formSamah
alternative formSama
alternative formSaamaa
alternative formSaam-aa
alternative formSaam-Aa
alternative formSaam Aa
alternative formSam-a
alternative formSam-A
alternative formSam A
alternative formTaa
alternative formTa-a
alternative formTa-A
alternative formTa A

Origin of Sanya

Transliteration of Russian Са́ня (Sánja), diminutive of Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra) and Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr). In some cases possibly from Serbo-Croatian Сања and Sanja.

Variant of Saniyah, Saniyya, from Arabic سنيّة (“radiant”)

Borrowed from Mandarin 三亞／三亚 (Sānyà).

Questions about Sanya

What does Sanya mean?
Sanya means a female given name from Russian.
What is Sanya in Arabic?
Sanya in Arabic is سَانْيَا (sanyā). See Sanya meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Sanya?
Sanya is a proper noun.

Words near Sanya in the dictionary

  1. Sanvilles
  2. sanwa
  3. Sanxia
  4. sanxian
  5. sanxians
  6. Sanya
  7. Sanyakoan
  8. sanyaku
  9. sanyasi
  10. sanyasis
  11. Sanyi

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