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Nila.

A vanara, brother of Nala and son of Agni in Ramayana.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/nilə/
  1. A vanara, brother of Nala and son of Agni in Ramayana.

    Hinduism
  2. A unisex given name borne by people in or from India.

  3. A surname.

Where this word comes from

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

name/naɪlə/
  1. A female given name.

Where this word comes from

Related to Nile.

name
  1. A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.

Where this word 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).

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

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