Lìa
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- Elìa, Lea
Etymology
Apocoped variant of Ilìa, borrowed from Latin Ēliās, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías), from Hebrew אֵלִיָּה (ēliyā́, “Jah is my God”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.a/
- Hyphenation: Lì‧a
Proper noun
Lìa (m)
- (religion) Elijah, an Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.
- a male given name from Hebrew; Elijah, Elias.
- a surname, Lia
Descendants
- Sicilian: Liuzzu, Luzzu
- Italian: Liuzzo