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Elias

American  
[ih-lahy-uhs] / ɪˈlaɪ əs /

noun

  1. Douay Bible. Elijah.

  2. a male given name, Greek form of Elijah.


Elias British  
/ ɪˈlaɪəs /

noun

  1. Bible the Douay spelling of Elijah

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Elias Achouri's double helped Tunisia ease to a 3-1 win over Uganda in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday.

From Barron's

On Sunday, Lieutenant Mariano Elias with the San Francisco Fire Department said the outage had not caused a spike in accidents.

From Los Angeles Times

Honduran coffee trader Elias Argueta hopes his country renews ties with Taiwan, where he lives with his wife and young daughter.

From Barron's

"If there are no oil exports, it will affect the foreign exchange market, the country's imports... There could be an economic crisis," Elias Ferrer of Orinoco Research, a Venezuelan advisory firm, told AFP recently.

From Barron's

"Dental plaque develops in a sequence, much like a forest ecosystem," said Mikael Elias, associate professor in the College of Biological Sciences and senior author of the study.

From Science Daily