Aaliyah /aa-liyah/ [3 sylls.] as a name for girls. Aaliyah's root is Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Aaliyah is exalted, sublime.Aaliyah is an alternate spelling, with the suffix-h, of Aliya (Hebrew): made popular by late singer Aaliyah. Kreatif forms: Anliyah, Araliyah, Arliyah.aliyah's root is Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Aaliyah is exalted, sublime. Aaliyah is an alternate spelling, with the suffix-h, of Aliya (Hebrew): made popular by late singer Aaliyah.
quarter(noun) a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour. it's a quarter til 4; a quarter after 4 o'clock. quarter(noun) one of four periods into which the school year is divided. the fall quarter ends at Christmas.
Google Ngrams shows that it's mainly used in the U.S. and not the U.K., and my guess is that it's regional. It sounds fine to me, but I believe I grew up hearing it from my mother (which would mean it's used in the Midwest). The Yahoo answer is wrong; a quarter of nine means 8:45. â Peter Shor Sep 7 '11 at 12:23.