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12/31/2022, 5:53 PM Mike C
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Name Al-'ala'
Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Means "the exalted". Laqab of Ala 1. This was the personal name of Abu Sa'd al-'Ala' ibn Sahl (c. 940–1000), a Muslim mathematician, physicist and optics engineer. Ibn Sahl is credited with first discovering the law of refraction, and used it to create anaclastic lenses.
Added 5/30/2016 by earthnut