English

Proper noun

Mila

1. A female given name.
   • 1992 Sally Armstrong, Mila, Macmillan Canada, ISBN 077159156X, 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 0590897985, 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 0143030191, page 4:

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

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

Related terms

• Milja, Milla

Spanish

Proper noun

Mila f

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

Basque

Numeral

mila

1. a thousand

Italian

Adjective

mila m f

1. plural of mille

Noun

mila m

1. plural of mille

Anagrams

• almi
• lami
• lima
• mail
• mali, Mali

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• milen

Noun

mila m, f

1. definite feminine singular of mil

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mila f

1. definite singular of mil

Old High German

Etymology

Latin milia.

Noun

mīla f

1. mile

Descendants

• German: Meile
• Yiddish: מײַל ‎(mayl)

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

mila f

1. mile (unit of measure)

Declension

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmila]

Noun

mila

1. definite singular nominative form of milă.
2. definite singular accusative form of milă.

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish mila, same as Norwegian mila, Danish mile, Middle Low German mile, German Meiler, of unknown origin.

Noun

mila c

1. a charcoal stack, an earth kiln
   • 1915, Dan Andersson, "Jag väntar...", Kolvaktarens visor

     Jag väntar vid min mila medan timmarna lida

     I'm tending my charcoal stack while the hours go by

Declension

Synonyms

• kolmila

References

• mila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.