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noun
- 1. a girl or woman. informal Australian, New Zealand
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noun [ C ] Australian English informal uk / ˈʃiː.lə / us / ˈʃiː.lə / Add to word list. 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)
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.
Australian and New Zealand old-fashioned → an informal word for girl, woman.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Sheila definition: a girl or young woman.. See examples of SHEILA used in a sentence.
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'.
A girl or young woman. Webster's New World. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A woman. Wiktionary. A feminine name. Webster's New World. pronoun. A female given name. Wiktionary. Advertisement. Other Word Forms of Sheila. Noun. Singular: sheila. Plural: sheilas. Origin of Sheila. Anglicized spelling of Síle, the Irish form of Cecilia. From Wiktionary
Definition of Sheila in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
