Leah

American

[lee-uh] / ˈli ə /

noun

Also Lia (in the Bible) the first wife of Jacob.
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “weary.”

Leah British

/ ˈlɪə /

noun

Old Testament the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wife (Genesis 29)

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England also have a lack of experience in defence, with captain Leah Williamson still recovering from a knee problem and Manchester City's Alex Greenwood also missing through injury.

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"Whether Leah or Jess are around or not, I'm someone who wants to earn my spot and I don't want to do it at the demise of someone else," Wubben-Moy told BBC Radio 5 Live.

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Sarah Frazer's three-year-old daughter Leah developed cerebral palsy after experiencing a stroke when she was only eight weeks old.

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Leah started attending Buddy Bear when she was just over one-year-old.

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In the three days it took Leah to get back her business account back the scammers had run hundreds of pounds of adverts paid for by her.

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