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Leela

Leela proper noun: a female given name from Sanskrit used in India, a spelling variant of Lila.

Proper noun

Leela

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India, a spelling variant of Lila.
    • Dorothy's daughters were of exceptional beauty and the sisters could complain only that the Hindi names Dorothy had chosen - Mira, Leela, Lena - were meant to pass as Western ones.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin Books, published 1977, →ISBN, page 366

Forms of Leela

alternative formLila

Questions about Leela

What does Leela mean?
Leela means a female given name from Sanskrit used in India, a spelling variant of Lila.
What part of speech is Leela?
Leela is a proper noun.

Words near Leela in the dictionary

  1. leekiest
  2. leekish
  3. leeklike
  4. leeks
  5. leeky
  6. Leela
  7. Leelanau
  8. Leelanau County
  9. leem
  10. Leeman
  11. Leemann

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