Adia (name)

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Adia is a Swahili name meaning "gift". [1]

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  1. Teresa Norman The African-American Baby Name Book 1998 0425159396 p.178 "From the traditional Swahili name Adia to the musical-sounding Zeleka"

2. The international dating book, page 34

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