Mila
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Ми́ла (Míla)
- 3 The capital city of Mila Province, located in northeastern Algeria.
- 4 A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Example
More examples"On its website, the U.N. has collected stories of women who have made a difference in their communities. Stories such as that of Nur Nahar, a refugee from Myanmar who has taken it upon herself to mentor other women fleeing to refugee camps in Bangladesh, and Colombian Mila Rodriguez, who founded an all-women group to promote peace and Afro-Colombian music."
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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