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English word origin

Etymology of Nila

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

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

A vanara, brother of Nala and son of Agni in Ramayana. · A unisex given name borne by people in or from India. · A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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

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Source etymology 2

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name

A female given name.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Related to Nile.

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Source etymology 3

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name

A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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).

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Source etymology 4

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name

An extinct language spoken on Nila Island in Maluku, Indonesia.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

No narrative was extracted for this section. Available source templates and references appear below; no ancestor chain has been invented to fill the gap.

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