Definition of "Lila"

Lila¹

proper noun
1. A female given name from Arabic.
  Quotations
  Your name is flowery too. I used to say Mamita would have called you Lady Viola; but violet colors and lilac colors are cousins, and they both suit your complexion and your name, Mamita Lila.
  1867, Lydia Maria Francis Child, A Romance of the Republic, Ticknor and Fields, published 1867, page 149
  “I been thinking about ‘Lila.’ I had a sister Lila. Give her a pretty name, maybe she could turn out pretty.”
  2014, Marilynne Robinson, Lila, Hachette UK

Lila²

proper noun
1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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