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Duniya

/doo-NEE-yah/Hausa & Somali · a girl’s name

An indigenous Hausa name meaning “the world” or “life in this world”

In Hausa

How to say it
doo-NEE-yah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
rare

In Somali

How to say it
doo-NEE-yah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

DuniyaDunya

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