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Meaning: Soft to the touch.
Name: Not very popular anymore but it is a beautiful and unique name, recently given some attention because of the famous turkish drama with a beautiful lead with the same name. The name is pronounced in Arabic as Leh-mees, but spellings include: Lamise, Lamees, Lamice, Lamiece, Lamis, Laemise, Lemise.

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People love it when they hear it! People think it is exotic and arabs appreciate it's beauty and the tradition that comes with it.

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Name of arab origin, used most often by lebanese.

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Lamis Elhadidy is an Egyptian television presenter, interviewer and journalist. She presents a popular program in Egyptian TV "Etkalem" (Talk). She is the Executive Editor of "Alalam Alyoum" Newspaper dealing with economic issues. She writes a weekly article in the Egyptian newspaper Almasry Alyoum . She is the wife of journalist and presenter, Amr Adib has one son Nur al-Din.

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Main character in Hanan Al-Shaykh's novel 'Only In London'.
Main character in Turkish drama (whose name escapes me).