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Re: Dinya/Dinja
in reply to a message by Swiff
Well, Dinja is Croatian word for cantaloupe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantaloupe). I've never seen it used as a name, but Dunja (Quince - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince ) is a common name.
It is also possible that it's a nickname in vein of Sonja/ Tanja, etc. for Diana or another Di- name. ETA:Google has also revealed that dinya is an Arabic and Kurdish word. In Kurdish it means 'world'.
And this: http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Dinya
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This message was edited 10/6/2010, 11:27 AM

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Thank you! Very interesting! Also good to know that Dinya means "world" in Arabic and Kurdish -I knew that Dunya can have that meaning as I looked up "Dunya news" in wikipedia some time ago.
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