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Nila¹

  • /nilə/

Rhymes with -iːlə

Where it comes from

From Sanskrit नील (nīla, “of a dark colour; blue; black”), Bengali নীলা (nila, “blue”), or related words in other Indian subcontinent languages.

proper noun Nilas · Neela

  1. Hinduism A vanara, brother of Nala and son of Agni in Ramayana.
  2. A unisex given name borne by people in or from India. The father, Raja Sangsapurba, after visiting various countries, at length proceeded to Menangkabau, to the throne of which country, the principal seat of the Malays, he was elected. An illustrious princess of renowned beauty, named Nila Panchadi, was affianced to his son, […]
  3. A surname.

Nila²

  • /naɪlə/

Rhymes with -aɪlə

Where it comes from

Related to Nile.

proper noun Nilas

  1. A female given name. Nila began fumbling around in her purse. "There is just one thing . . . " "What is it?" “I have a daughter.” Nila pulled out a picture of Jasmine and handed it to Raima. She looked at the picture quickly and handed it back to Nila. “A daughter? Now how did you get away with that?” “It wasn't easy,”

Nila³

Where it comes from

From Russian Ни́ла (Níla), feminine form of the male given name Ни́л (Níl), or from a related name in other languages such as Ukrainian Ніла (Nila).

proper noun Nilas

  1. A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian. This woman who was cleaning there came and called, “Nila Ivanovna.” (They call you in Russia by your name and your father's Christian name: Ivanovna means daughter of Ivan.) “Nila Ivanovna, the NKVD came andthey ask for you […]

Nila⁴

proper noun

  1. An extinct language spoken on Nila Island in Maluku, Indonesia. Muksin specifically mentioned 11 extinct indigenous languages, such as Tandia and Mawes in West Papua and Papua, along with Kajeli, Piru, Moksela, Palumata, Ternateno, Hukumina, Hoti, Serua, and Nila in different areas of Maluku.

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@misc{nila_2026,
  title = {Nila},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nila},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}