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African Girls Names Starting With W

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walta

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African

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Walta is a name given primarily to girls and it is of African origin. The meaning of Walta is ‘shield’, ‘a person who acts as a shield’, and ‘ruler of an army’. Walta is the name of a municipality in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Walta Borwaski was the name of an American poet....

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winta

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African

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Winta is primarily a girl's name of African origins. The meaning of Winta can be derived from the Amharic and Tigrinya languages. While both languages are Semitic, Amharic is native to Ethiopia, and Tigrinya is used in Eritrea and Ethiopia's Tigray region. In Amharic, the meaning of Winta is ‘drea...