Lithe Comaneci (5)

I believe the answer is:

nadia

(Other definitions for nadia that I've seen before include "Name of girl" , "Foreign woman" , "___ Comaneci, Romanian-born American gymnast" , "(Originally Russian) female name (reverse of Irish male name)" , "Miss" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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