Mila

proper nounattested in dialogue

United States

A female given name from the Slavic languages.

proper noun

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.'
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.
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.

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.

Mikhail · A transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л…Miki · A unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name…mil · An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀…

Mila · A female given name from the Slavic languages.

milady · To address as “milady”.Milan · A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of…mild · Gentle and not easily angered

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