Zakiya

or Za·kiy·ya

[ zah-kee-yuh ]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Swahili word meaning “intelligent.”

Example Sentences

Democratic Rep. Zakiya Summers of Jackson said she appreciated the House and Senate committees for passing the individual bills, but decried the the death of the larger House bill.

From Seattle Times

Rep. Zakiya Summers, a Democrat from Jackson, served as an election commissioner before winning a House seat in 2019.

From Seattle Times

Democratic Rep. Zakiya Summers of Jackson, who is Black, compared efforts to limit transgender people’s access to public facilities to restrictions that Black people faced during the Jim Crow era.

From Seattle Times

Based on the book by Zakiya Dalila Harris, this comedy, horror and mystery series on Hulu examines the realities of racism and sexism in the workplace.

From Los Angeles Times

Knoll, along with authors Zakiya Dalila Harris, Jenny Han and Laura Dave, are recent examples of authors who have written their own adaptations.

From Seattle Times