Sanya.
A female given name from Russian.
Meaning & usage
A female given name from Russian.
Where this word comes from
Transliteration of Russian Са́ня (Sánja), diminutive of Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra) and Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr). In some cases possibly from Serbo-Croatian Сања and Sanja.
A female given name from Arabic.
Where this word comes from
Variant of Saniyah, Saniyya, from Arabic سنيّة (“radiant”)
A resort city, a prefecture-level city on Hainan island, Hainan province, China.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Mandarin 三亞／三亚 (Sānyà).
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