Smilla
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the name of a character in Peter Høeg's book (1992) translated as Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow. Explained in the book as short form of Smillaaraq, coined by adding initial S to a Greenlandic name Millaaraq.
Proper noun
[edit]Smilla
- a female given name of modern usage
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Danish Smilla, or directly from the Swedish translation of Peter Høeg's book.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Smilla c (genitive Smillas)
- a female given name of modern usage