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Silla

Silla proper noun: an ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 57 BCE to 935 CE; at its maximum covering all of modern South Korea and most of modern North Korea.

Proper noun

Silla

  1. An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 57 BCE to 935 CE; at its maximum covering all of modern South Korea and most of modern North Korea.
    • The roughly foot-tall replica crown given to Mr. Trump is a reproduction of one of South Korea’s national treasures. It is a copy of one from the Silla Kingdom, a dynasty that gradually expanded over hundreds of years, starting in the first century B.C., and eventually conquered rival kingdoms to...2025 October 29, Yan Zhuang, “Trump Has Likened Himself to a King. South Korea Gave Him a Crown.”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN...

Silla meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Thai and Vietnamese

Silla in Tamil

நாற்காலி

Silla in Urdu

ancient kingdom in Korea
شلا śilā

Silla in Thai

ancient kingdom in Korea
ชิลลา chin-laa

Silla in Vietnamese

ancient kingdom in Korea
Tân La

Forms of Silla

alternative formSinla
alternative formScilla

Origin of Silla

From the Revised Romanization or McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 신라(新羅) (Silla).

Words formed from Silla

Phrases with Silla

Words that rhyme with Silla

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Questions about Silla

What does Silla mean?
Silla means an ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 57 BCE to 935 CE; at its maximum covering all of modern South Korea and most of modern North Korea.
What is Silla in Tamil?
Silla in Tamil is நாற்காலி. See Silla meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Silla?
Silla is a proper noun.

Words near Silla in the dictionary

  1. silky-flycatchers
  2. silky-haired
  3. silkyscale
  4. silkyscales
  5. sill
  6. Silla
  7. sillabication
  8. sillabub
  9. sillabubs
  10. silladar
  11. silladars

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Silla (page history and authors); silla (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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