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Mila

name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from the Slavic languages.

    "At the end of the evening―and remember it was a sad occasion―Auntie Fanny says, 'Shoiley, do me a favour, ask Myla'―she never called her Mila―'for the recipe.'"

  2. 2
    A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Ми́ла (Míla)
  3. 3
    The capital city of Mila Province, located in northeastern Algeria.
  4. 4
    A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

From a diminutive in many Slavic languages Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian, etc.) of female given names containing the element Mil-, -mila ("grace, beloved"), such as Ludmila, Milena, Milica, and of the cognates of Emily. Also from Spanish Mila.

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