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Re: baby name meaning
I've never met anyone called Mahalia, but the closely-related Mahala is pronounced MAH-la (which is bourne out by the name it comes from, Mahlah), and it would seem logical therefore that Mahalia also did not have the middle 'a' emphasised.

ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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