Mila

Mila

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mila"

English

Etymology

From a diminutive in many Slavic languages (Serbo-Croatian, Russian, Bulgarian, 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.

Proper noun

Mila

1. A female given name.
   • 1992 Sally Armstrong, Mila, Macmillan Canada, →ISBN, page 59:

     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.'

   • 1996 Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, Scholastic Inc.(1998), →ISBN, page 52:

     My name is Mila. Mila is the name others gave me. The ones who found me. Mila is miracle.

   • 2003 Dina Mehta, Mila in Love, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 4:

     And she persisted in calling me Mila after I had decreed that people should now use my full name: Sharmila.

Anagrams

• Liam, Lima, Mali, alim, lima, mail, mali

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Finnish

Etymology

From Emilia and, through Russian, from Ludmila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmilɑ/
• Hyphenation: Mi‧la

Proper noun

Mila

1. A female given name.

Declension

Inflection of Mila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Mila	Milat
genitive		Milan	Milojen
partitive		Milaa	Miloja
illative		Milaan	Miloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Mila	Milat
accusative	nom.	Mila	Milat
	gen.	Milan
genitive		Milan	Milojen Milainrare
partitive		Milaa	Miloja
inessive		Milassa	Miloissa
elative		Milasta	Miloista
illative		Milaan	Miloihin
adessive		Milalla	Miloilla
ablative		Milalta	Miloilta
allative		Milalle	Miloille
essive		Milana	Miloina
translative		Milaksi	Miloiksi
instructive		—	Miloin
abessive		Milatta	Miloitta
comitative		—	Miloineen

Related terms

• Milja, Milla

Anagrams

• Ilma, Mali, ilma, lima, mali

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Spanish

Proper noun

Mila f

1. A diminutive of the female given name Milagros, Camila or Ludmila.