Aisha
Americannoun
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a.d. 613?–678, favorite wife of Muhammad (daughter of Abu-Bekr).
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Also Ayesha a first name: from a Swahili word meaning “life.”
noun
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His sister Angela Climax, who also goes by Aisha Muhammad, said she would follow him around as a child and the pair would play cops and robbers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
County executive Aisha Braveboy hosted “listening sessions,” emceed by her deputy chief of staff, Devan Martin.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
"The Home Office is allowing this to happen," Aisha told us.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The Birmingham Yardley MP continued to apply pressure and, after becoming a Home Office minister, advised Aisha to forward any evidence to the Home Office, saying she would follow up on it.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
“Me, I try an American when I come, to marry. But he bring many problems, no job, and every day he say give me money, money, money,” Aisha said, shaking her head.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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