Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leela

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: leela
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India, a spelling variant of Lila.

Example Sentences

"Dorothy's daughters were of exceptional beauty and the sisters could complain only that the Hindi names Dorothy had chosen - Mira, Leela, Lena - were meant to pass as Western ones."

Inflected Forms

Lila (alternative)

Questions

What does leela mean?: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India, a spelling variant of Lila.

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