Leela

See also: léela

English

Proper noun

Leela

1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India, a spelling variant of Lila.
   • 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin Books, published 1977, →ISBN, page 366:

     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.

Anagrams

• allee, allée