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Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia (Russian: Илья́, romanized: Il'ja [ɪlʲˈja], or Russian: Илия́, romanized: Ilija [ɪlʲɪˈja]; Ukrainian: Ілля́, romanized: Illia [iˈlʲːɑ]; Belarusian: Ілья́, romanized: Iĺja [ilʲˈja]) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah."[1] It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Elias (Ηλίας, Ilías). It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Iliusha or Iliushen'ka. The Russian patronymic for a son of Ilya is "Ilyich", and a daughter is "Ilyinichna".

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  • Ilya Muromets, Orthodox monastic saint, Russian folk hero
  • Elijah, a Hebrew prophet of the ninth century BCE, known in Russian as Iliya the Prophet (Илия́ Проро́к)
  • Ali or Eli (Arabic name), a cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the first Imam of shiahs. (There is a quote from Imam Ali "I am called Elya / Alya among Jews, Elia among Christians, Ali for my father, and Haydar for my mother".)[2][3]

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