Ayana
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An Ethiopian boy's name whose exact root has not been firmly settled, tentatively traced to either Amharic or Oromo.
Meaning and origin
Ayana is given to boys across Ethiopia, but reference sources disagree on which language it comes from, offering Amharic and Oromo as the two candidates without settling on a single meaning.
How to pronounce Ayana
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | ah-yah-NAH /ajaˈna/ |
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