Leia
English
Etymology
From the name of a princess in the American fantasy film Star Wars (1977).
Pronunciation
- enPR: lā′ə, lē′ə
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈleɪ̯.ə/, /ˈliː.ə/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈleɪ̯.ə/, /ˈli.ə/
Audio (US); /ˈleɪ̯.ə/: (file)
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈlæɪ̯.ə/, /ˈliː.ə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈle.ə/, /ˈli.ə/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈleː.a/, /ˈliː.a/
- Rhymes: -eɪə, -iːə
- Homophone: layer (non-rhotic)
- Hyphenation: Lei‧a
Proper noun
Leia
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
Further reading
- “Leia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɛj.ɐ/ [ˈlɛɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɛj.a/ [ˈlɛɪ̯.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɐj.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlej.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈle.ɐ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛjɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɐ
- Hyphenation: Lei‧a
Proper noun
Leia f
- alternative form of Lia
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Lei‧a
Proper noun
Leia c (genitive Leias)
- a female given name from English, equivalent to English Leia
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- Statistiska centralbyrån: 1367 females with the given name Leia living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the highest frequency so far in 2010. Accessed on 19 June 2011.