Jun. 16th, 2011

vila

Jun. 16th, 2011 07:14 am
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vila (VEYE-la) - a south-slavic fairy or nymph.


As opposed to the north-slavic wili, which is very similar. The word was borrowed from Serbo-Croatian some time in or before the 19th century, but I'm not able to narrow it down any further at this time.

---L.
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