Halima
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Halima or Halima (Arabic: حليمة ) \ha-li-ma\, pronounced ha-LEE-mah, is a female given name of Arabic origin. Its meaning is gentle, mild-mannered and generous.
Halima has variant transliterations such as Haleema. When followed by a name beginning with a vowel if may take the form Halimat. It may refer to:
[edit] People
- Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, the prophet Mohammad's foster-mother
- Halima (princess), 6th century princess of the Ghassan kingdom
- Halima ECheikh, later known as Naama (born 1934), Tunisian singer
- Halima Tayo Alao (born 1956), Nigerian civil servant
- Halimat Ismaila (born 1984), Nigerian athlete
- Halima Hachlaf (born 1988), Moroccan runner
- Halima Chehaima (born 1988), Belgian beauty queen
- Halima Bashir, author from Darfur
- Halima Ferhat, Moroccan historian
- Halimah Yacob, politician from Singapore
- Halimah Mohd Sadique, Malaysiian politician
- Halema Boland, Kuwaiti famous television host
- Halima bnt Ahmed, the lovely one
[edit] Places
- Kawrat Halimah, village in Yemen
[edit] See also
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