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noun
- 1. a girl or woman. informal Australian, New Zealand
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noun. shei· la ˈshē-lə. Synonyms of sheila. Australia and New Zealand. : a girl or young woman. Synonyms. filly. girl. lassie. missy. nymph. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of sheila in a Sentence. two blonde sheilas were splashing in the water at Bondi Beach while their mother looked on. Word History. Etymology.
a girl or a woman. (Definition of sheila from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of sheila? Translations of sheila. in Chinese (Traditional) 少女, 女人… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 少女, 女人… See more. Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! Translator tool.
Sheila definition: a girl or young woman.. See examples of SHEILA used in a sentence.
SHEILA meaning: 1. a girl or a woman 2. a girl or a woman. Learn more.
Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name Síle, which is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin name Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meaning 'heavenly'.
noun. Australian and New Zealand old-fashioned an informal word for girl, woman. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C19: from the girl's name Sheila. Word Frequency. Sheila in American English. (ˈʃilə ) noun. 1. a feminine name. see also Cecilia 1. 2. [s-]; Austral and New Zealand, Informal.
Definition of sheila noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Singular: sheila. Plural: sheilas. Origin of Sheila. Anglicized spelling of Síle, the Irish form of Cecilia. From Wiktionary. From Sheila (“female given name" ). From Wiktionary. From the name Sheila. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Sheila Sentence Examples.
In Irish folklore, Sheila is the name of a woman associated with St Patrick, variously either his wife or his mother; she was sometimes venerated alongside the saint on 18 March, both in Ireland, and in Irish communities elsewhere; her name was also sometimes used as a personification of Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries.
a girl or young woman. special use of proper name. Shei•la (shē′ lə), n. a female given name, form of Celia. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sheila /ˈʃiːlə/ n. Austral NZ old-fashioned. an informal word for girl, woman. Etymology: 19th Century: from the girl's name Sheila.
