Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
- - - the malignant ache I felt every time Shyla's name was mentioned. The word Shyla itself became a land mine. That sweet-sounding word was merciless and I could not bear to hear it.
1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 5
Origin
A 20th-century coinage, possibly inspired by Sheila.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
Shyla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shyla
MLA
“Shyla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shyla. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shyla,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shyla.
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