Alija is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Ifraim Alija
Ifraim Alija (Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croat: ''Ifrajim Alija'') (born 30 August 1985 in SFR Yugoslavia) is a Swiss Association football, footballer who plays for FC Uzwil. (born 1985), footballer
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Kučuk Alija (died 1804), janissary, mutesellim of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas who controlled Belgrade Pashaluk
Given name – female
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Alija Jussupowa (born 1984), rhythmic gymnast of Kazakh ethnicity who competes for Kazakhstan
Bosnian given name – male
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Alija Alijagić
Alija Alijagić (20 November 1896 – 8 March 1922) was a Bosnian communist and assassin known for killing Milorad Drašković, the Ministry of the Interior (Yugoslavia), Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
The C ...
(1896–1922), Bosnian communist and assassin
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Alija Behmen
Alija Behmen (25 December 1940 – 1 August 2018) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 36th mayor of Sarajevo from 2009 to 2013. He also served as Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2003. Behmen was a m ...
(1940–2018), former mayor of Sarajevo and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Alija Bešić (born 1975), retired Luxembourgish professional football player of Bosnian descent
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Alija Đerđelez, popular legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
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Alija Dumas (1929–2023), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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Alija Gušanac (
fl. 1804–05), Albanian Ottoman brigand
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Alija Isaković (1932–1997), Bosnian writer, publicist and lexicographer of Bosnian
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Alija Izetbegović
Alija Izetbegović (; 8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, president of the Presidency ...
(1925–2003), the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Alija Krnić (born 1993), Montenegrin footballer
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Alija Sirotanović (1914–1990), Yugoslav miner of Bosniak ethnicity, Hero of Socialist Labour
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Alija Solak (born 1944), Bosnian footballer
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Alija Šuljak (1901–1992), Bosnian Muslim Croat politician and Ustaše military officer
Fictional characters
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Alija Eaglespike of ''Warrior'', a fantasy novel written by Australian author Jennifer Fallon
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Alija del Infantado
Alija del Infantado () is a municipality which is part of Tierra de La Bañeza comarca, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with ter ...
, a municipality which is part of Tierra de La Bañeza comarca, an autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain
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Alia (name)
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Aliya
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Alijan (disambiguation)
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Alinja
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Avlija
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Balija
The Balija are a Telugu-speaking mercantile community primarily living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and in smaller numbers in Telangana and Kerala. In Tamil Nadu, they are known as Gavarais.
Etymology
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Galija
Galija ( sr-cyr, Галија; ) is a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Niš in 1977.
The central figures of the band are brothers Nenad Milosavljević (vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica) and Predrag Milosavljević (vocals). A larg ...
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Malija
Malija (; ) is a village in the Municipality of Izola in the Slovenian Istria region of Slovenia.
Church
The local church is dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is a Roman Catholic Titles of ...
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Salija
Salija is a village development committee in Parbat District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Stati ...
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Bosnian masculine given names
Albanian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Bosniak masculine given names
Albanian-language surnames