mila
/mˈaɪlə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from the Slavic languages.
name
A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Ми́ла (Míla)
name
The capital city of Mila Province, located in northeastern Algeria.
name
A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Example Sentences
- "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.'"
- "My name is Mila. Mila is the name others gave me. The ones who found me. Mila is miracle."
- "And she persisted in calling me Mila after I had decreed that people should now use my full name: Sharmila."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, Mila