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Aaliyah

Pronunciation: ah-LEE-ə (key)

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Origin of the name Aaliyah:

Variant of the Hebrew Aliyah (to ascend).

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My daughter is Aaliyah

I have a story and the main character is called Aaliyah! (:

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My daughter Aaliyah is the sweetest when she is happy. Get her mad and se will scream. She is almost always looking to make be friends with people she meets for the first time, from shop attendants to guards to long-lost uncles and aunts. She likes to be the centre of attention. Not afraid of authority. Always inquisitive.

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Ally, Liya, Aloo, Lulu, Lula, Yah Yah,

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