Leah

American

[lee-uh] / ˈli ə /

noun

Also Lia (in the Bible) the first wife of Jacob.
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “weary.”

Leah British

/ ˈlɪə /

noun

Old Testament the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wife (Genesis 29)

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She was overlooked at centre-back in Euro 2022 with Wiegman selecting Millie Bright and Leah Williamson, and started five of the six matches at Euro 2025 at left-back after the failed trial of playing play Carter there in the defeat by France.

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Leah Williamson has won almost everything there is to win in women's football.

From BBC

Kelly Somers: Leah, nice to see you - thank you for your time.

From BBC

Leah Williamson: The first time I ever played football, my memory was at gymnastics.

From BBC

Leah: Yeah, there's no stress.

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