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Leena is a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of Lina and Lena.

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It is a direct Quranic Arabic name, meaning "young palm tree", or figuratively "tender, young, delicate".

In Persian, it means "light", "a ray of sunlight" or "beautiful girl". In Kurdish, it means cascade falls (تئاڤگەی بچوک).

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