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Viola vs Vila - What's the difference?

viola | vila |

As a verb viola

is .

As a noun vila is

fairy (mythical being).

viola

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) viola, from (etyl) viola (modern Occitan viula), from .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone
  • (music) An organ stop having a similar tone
  • (music) A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola , including the violets and pansies.
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    vila

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mythology) A type of fairy or nymph in Slavic mythology.
  • * 1874 , Elodie Lawton Mijatovic, Serbian Folklore :
  • *:"The Vilas (fairies ) live there, and they will certainly put out your eyes as they have put out mine, if you venture on their mountain."
  • * 1998 , Mike Dixon-Kennedy, Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend , page 302:
    • Duly married, the couple lived for some time in peace and contentment, until one day Marko boasted that his wife was a vila , whereupon she put on her wings and flew away.
  • * 1995 , Albert Bates Lord, The Singer Resumes the Tale , page 52:
    • She is answered, fittingly enough, by a vila , who declares that she is more beautiful than the girl.

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