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Alisi
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Swahili
Etymology
sw :bor en:Alice + 1
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw female English
sw Elisi
References
285 {...} all the 11 Kiswahili translations dating as far back to 1911 (published in Zanzibar) up to 2013 (published by HardPress in Miami) make use of the name Elisi for Alice. Likewise Hajivayanis (2015, translation under Carroll 2015a) uses the title Alisi ndani ya chi ya ajabu for the most recent Kiswahili edition, with a more direct borrowing for Alice as Alisi.