English Explanatory Dictionary

Mila

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

En-us-Mila.oga

Word forms

Mila

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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