Sanya

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Sanya¹

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Russian Са́ня (Sánja), diminutive of Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra) and Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr). In some cases possibly from Serbo-Croatian Сања and Sanja.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Russian.

Sanya²

Where it comes from

Variant of Saniyah, Saniyya, from Arabic سنيّة (“radiant”)

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Arabic.

Sanya³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 三亞/三亚 (Sānyà).

proper noun San-ya · San-Ya · San Ya · Samah · Sama · Saamaa

  1. A resort city, a prefecture-level city on Hainan island, Hainan province, China. About forty bombers and fighters were based at the Hoihow Airport and at Sanya in the southern part of the island, both fields built by the Japanese and used in the war to strike at Allied positions in China and Southeast Asia.[...]CAT kept planes at its main base at Sanya on a standby basis for eme

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name a city in China

한국어싼야 Ssanya
日本語三亜 San'a
中文三亞 /三亚 Sānyà
РусскийСанья́ Sanʹjá
Tiếng ViệtTam Á
العربيةسَانْيَا sanyā

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@misc{sanya_2026,
  title = {Sanya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sanya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}