"Smilla" meaning in All languages combined

See Smilla on Wiktionary

Proper name [Danish]

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|da|kl|-}} Greenlandic Head templates: {{head|da|proper noun}} Smilla
  1. a female given name of modern usage

Proper name [Swedish]

Audio: LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Smilla.wav Forms: Smillas [genitive]
Etymology: From Danish Smilla, or directly from the Swedish translation of Peter Høeg's book. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|da|Smilla}} Danish Smilla Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Smillas|g=c|head=}} Smilla c (genitive Smillas), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Smilla c (genitive Smillas)
  1. a female given name of modern usage Tags: common-gender
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