Soraya
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Soraya is a female name of Persian
origin meaning "rich" http://www.babynames.com/name/SORAYA and/or "princess" http://www.modernindianbabynames.com/arabic_baby_girl_names/S/Arabic/156/6. It is also a reference to the Pleiades
. It may refer to:
Persian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...
origin meaning "rich" http://www.babynames.com/name/SORAYA and/or "princess" http://www.modernindianbabynames.com/arabic_baby_girl_names/S/Arabic/156/6. It is also a reference to the Pleiades
Pleiades (star cluster)
In astronomy, the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters , is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky...
. It may refer to:
- Soraya TarziSoraya TarziSoraya Tarzi, known mostly as Queen Soraya, was the Queen of Afghanistan in the early 20th century and the wife of King Amanullah Khan. She is the only woman to appear on the list of rulers in Afghanistan, although wife of King Amanullah Khan...
(1899–1968), wife of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan; as Queen she was an outspoken feminist leader - Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (1932–2001), second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, known during her marriage as Queen Soraya
- Soraya (musician)Soraya (musician)Soraya was an American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer.A successful Colombian music star, she had two number-one songs on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay charts...
(1969–2006), Colombian-American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer, Grammy winner Singer-songwriter and breast cancer advocate. - Soraya ArnelasSoraya ArnelasSoraya Arnelas Rubiales , better known by her stage name Soraya, is a popular Spanish singer...
, a Spanish singer - Soraya SagaSoraya Saga, also known by her pen name, , is a Japanese illustrator, designer, and video game story writer.She adopted as her pen name for several years before changing it to "Soraya Saga" circa 2001 . She worked for Square for many years, serving as a map designer on Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI...
, Japanese illustrator and video-game story-writer - Soraya, a small lunar crater within Alphonsus
- Soraya SerajeddiniSoraya SerajeddiniSoraya Serajeddini , was a Kurdish-Iranian human rights activist. She was born in Tehran to a respected family of Naqshbandi Sufis. Her family fled Iran in 1980 and sought refuge in Sulaimaniya and Baghdad for two years, and then moved to the United States in 1982...
(1960–2006), Kurdish-Iranian human rights activist - Soraya TellesSoraya TellesSoraya Vieira Telles is a former middle distance runner from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
(born 1958), Brazilian former middle distance runner - Soraya M. is the subject of the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M.The Stoning of Soraya M.The Stoning of Soraya M. is a 2008 American drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book La Femme Lapidée, based on a true story...
. - Sooraya Qadir (Dust)Dust (comics)Dust , is a fictional character in Marvel Comics' X-Men-related comic books. She was created by author Grant Morrison and artist Ethan Van Sciver in New X-Men #133 , although her character was not fully developed until the New X-Men: Academy X series written by Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFilippis...
, a Marvel comic book character from the X-Men series - Soraya is the title given to a person speaking the Soreth language, Soreth is a form of moderate day Aramaic, it also refers to people who are of AssyrianAssyrian peopleThe Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...
or Chaldean origin - Soraya, a song on the album Animals as Leaders (album)Animals as Leaders (album)-Release and reception:The album was released on April 28, 2009 by Prosthetic Records.Ken McGrath of Rock Sound described the album as "a space-prog head-trip" and compared its sound to Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, 65daysofstatic, and Meshuggah....
by the band of the same name - a sunflowerSunflowerSunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence . The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads...
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