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Shyla

Shyla proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage.

Proper noun

Shyla

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • - - - the malignant ache I felt every time Shyla's name was mentioned. The word Shyla itself became a land mine. That sweet-sounding word was merciless and I could not bear to hear it.1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 5

Origin of Shyla

A 20th-century coinage, possibly inspired by Sheila.

Questions about Shyla

What does Shyla mean?
Shyla means a female given name originating as a coinage.
What part of speech is Shyla?
Shyla is a proper noun.

Words near Shyla in the dictionary

  1. shying away
  2. shying away from
  3. shyings
  4. shyish
  5. Shykles
  6. Shyla
  7. shylock
  8. shylocked
  9. Shylockian
  10. shylocking
  11. shylocks

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