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Does anybody know the meaning of the name Saudia. I know it derives from the arabic language. My mom and dad have told me that it means queen of land. Can anybody help me out
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I assume (unless your family is Arabic) that you were named after the country, Saudi Arabia. The country's name derives from the surname of its first king, King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud. I found a site (http://snipurl.com/e7dv) which says that Saud means "fortunate", which leads me to believe that it is probably the same name (with a different transliteration) of this site's Sa'd (Sad -- click for the hyperlink). In that case, your name is a variant of Sa'dia (Sadia) which has the same meaning: fortunate.~ Caitlín
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This message was edited 4/23/2005, 6:05 PM

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There's also SaudaSauda is a completely separate African name from the Arabic, but its similarity to Saudi Arabia is so striking I thought I'd bring it up. Sauda means "dark complexion" in Swahili.
Miranda
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THANK YOU, MY FATHER AND I ARE MUSLIM AND I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING MY NAME-HE SAYSIT MEANS QUEEN OF LAND..I DUNNO I DO SEE THE COMPARISON THAT YOU HAVE MADE. AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT..IF YOU HAPPEN TO FIND OUT ANY OTHER INFO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
-SaUdIa
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