Mila
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mila"
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Mila
- A female given name from the Slavic languages.
- 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., published 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.
- The capital city of Mila Province, located in northeastern Algeria.
Translations edit
city in Algeria
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Emilia and, through Russian, from Ludmila.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mila
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Mila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | Milatta | Miloitta | ||
instructive | — | Miloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms edit
Statistics edit
- Mila is the 198th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,203 female individuals (and as a middle name to 416 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Proper noun edit
Mila f
- a diminutive of the female given names Milagros, Camila, or Ludmila