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Nila

नीला

From Sanskrit नील (nīla): "dark blue".

Meaning and origin

Nila comes from a Sanskrit word for the colour dark blue, a root that spread with Hindu and Buddhist culture into Tamil, Indonesian and Burmese, where it is also given as a girl's name.

How to pronounce Nila

HindiNEE-lah /ˈniːlaː/

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