Zillah

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English

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Etymology

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From Hebrew צִלָּה (shade).

Proper noun

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Zillah

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, [], →OCLC:
      ON the fifth morning, or rather afternoon, a different step approached - lighter and shorter; and, this time, the person entered the room. It was Zillah; donned in her scarlet shawl, with a black silk bonnet on her head, and a willow-basket swung to her arm.
  2. (biblical, Torah) The wife of Lamech.

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