Sila

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sila"

Hawaiian

Proper noun

Sila

1. (biblical) Silas

Derived terms

• Kila

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 184

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin Sīla.

Proper noun

Sila f

1. a forest and national park in Calabria

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Σίλας (Sílas).

Proper noun

Sila m

1. (biblical) Silas
2. a male given name

Anagrams

• Lisa, alsi, lisa, sali, salì

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.la/, [ˈs̠iːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.la/, [ˈsiːlä]

Proper noun

Sīla f sg (genitive Sīlae); first declension

1. A forest in southern Bruttium, modern Calabria, Italy, that provided pitch and timber

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sīla
genitive	Sīlae
dative	Sīlae
accusative	Sīlam
ablative	Sīlā
vocative	Sīla

Derived terms

• Sīlānus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.laː/, [ˈs̠iːɫ̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.la/, [ˈsiːlä]

Proper noun

Sīlā

1. ablative/vocative singular of Sīlās

References

• “Sila”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Sila”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Sila in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.