owing to

because of something; due to the fact of something. Owing to the lateness of the evening, I must go home. We were late owing to the heavy traffic.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Brianna	bree-AN-ə, bree-AHN-ə	English
Sultana	-	Arabic
Naldo	-	Italian
ConstanÇA	-	Portuguese
Albertas	-	Lithuanian
Edmundo	ed-MOON-do (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese