Shyla
English edit
Etymology edit
A 20th-century coinage, possibly inspired by Sheila.
Proper noun edit
Shyla
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
- 1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 5:
- - - - the malignant ache I felt every time Shyla's name was mentioned. The word Shyla itself became a land mine. That sweet-sounding word was merciless and I could not bear to hear it.