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GirlSerbo-Croatian (South Slavic)

Eva

Ева

From Hebrew Chawwah, usually read as "life" or "living".

Meaning and origin

Eva is the Latin and Slavic form of Eve, the first woman in Genesis, so it came to the South Slavs with the Bible.

How to pronounce Eva

Serbo-CroatianEH-vah /ˈɛva/

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