# Mila

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,932

## Definitions
1. A female given name from the Slavic languages.
2. A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Ми́ла (Míla)
3. The capital city of Mila Province, located in northeastern Algeria.
4. A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

## Etymology
From a diminutive in many Slavic languages Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian, etc.) of female given names containing the element Mil-, -mila ("grace, beloved"), such as Ludmila, Milena, Milica, and of the cognates of Emily. Also from Spanish Mila.

## Easily confused with
- **ML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-ml)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mix)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-min)
- **MLB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mlb)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mit)
- **MMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mma)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mir)
- **MLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mla)
- **mol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mol)
- **MLM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mlm)
- **moa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-moa)
- **MLK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mlk)
- **miz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-miz)
- **MSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-msa)
- **MTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mta)
- **Mya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mya)
- **mim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mim)
- **MLG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mlg)
- **MUA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mua)
- **mind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mind)

## Common misspellings (4)
`imla`, `milla`, `mlia`, `mmila`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mila