Leah
Americannoun
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Also Lia (in the Bible) the first wife of Jacob.
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a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “weary.”
noun
Example Sentences
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The pair had publicly shared their relationship in TV specials that aired on VH1’s “Inside Out: Leah Remini” and on Remini’s TLC series, “It’s All Relative,” which aired for two seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Leah Cunningham, 31 has spent between $6,000 to $8,000 on 16 Styles concerts and plans to see him six more times during his New York run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Conservator Margalida Munar, papyrologist Leah Mascia, and Ignasi-Xavier Adiego, professor in the Department of Classical, Romance and Semitic Languages, classical philologist, and director of the Oxyrhynchus project, examined the fragile document.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
More than two decades later, the franchise returns with The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen, with Lennon starring as Brooklyn alongside fellow young leads Leah Sava Jeffries, Carmen Sanchez and Kaileen Chang.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Hannie reaches out a hand and Leah takes it.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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