an ▁Category : Form er ▁villages ▁in ▁S ask atch ew an ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁dis est ab lished ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁Category : Div ision ▁No . ▁ 1 3 , ▁S ask atch ew an <0x0A> </s> ▁Mel ua ▁() ▁is ▁a ▁family ▁name ▁origin ating ▁in ▁Georgia , ▁specifically ▁the ▁M ing rel ia ▁region ▁around ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Zug d idi ▁( Ge org ian : ▁ მ ე ლ უ ა ); ▁it ▁belongs ▁to ▁Orth odox ▁Christian ▁culture . ▁ ▁Usually ▁Georg ian ▁et ym olog ists ▁consider ▁that ▁the ▁surname ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁word ▁mel ia ▁( s ometimes ▁m ela ), ▁meaning ▁fo x . ▁Other ▁s urn ames ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁word ▁mel ia ▁are ▁Mel u ava , ▁Mel ia va , ▁Mel iva ▁and ▁Mel ad ze . ▁In ▁French ▁the ▁surname ▁is ▁written ▁M él ou a . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁Gr oups ▁with ▁the ▁surname ▁Mel ua ▁migr ated ▁from ▁the ▁M ing rel ia ▁region ▁to ▁the ▁G uria ▁region ▁( around ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁O z ur get i ) ▁to ▁farm ▁and ▁bre ed ▁horses , ▁to ▁I mer eti ▁( around ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁K ut ais i ), ▁and ▁to ▁T bil isi . ▁▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁Some ▁individuals ▁bearing ▁this ▁name ▁sought ▁refuge ▁abroad ▁after ▁the ▁Red ▁Army ▁inv aded ▁the ▁country . ▁▁ ▁Mi rian ▁Mel ua ▁( 1 9 0 3