Silla

See also: silla and sillä

English

Alternative forms

• Sinla, Scilla

Etymology

From the Revised Romanization or McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 신라(新羅) (Silla).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Proper noun

Silla

2. An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 57 BCE to 935 CE; at its maximum covering all of modern South Korea and most of modern North Korea.
   • 2025 October 29, Yan Zhuang, “Trump Has Likened Himself to a King. South Korea Gave Him a Crown.”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section)‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 October 2025:

     The roughly foot-tall replica crown given to Mr. Trump is a reproduction of one of South Korea’s national treasures. It is a copy of one from the Silla Kingdom, a dynasty that gradually expanded over hundreds of years, starting in the first century B.C., and eventually conquered rival kingdoms to dominate the Korean Peninsula.

Coordinate terms

• Baekje
• Goguryeo

Derived terms

• Sillan

Translations

ancient kingdom in Korea

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新羅 / 新罗 (san¹ lo⁴)

  Mandarin: 新羅 / 新罗 (zh) (Xīnluó)

  Wu: 新羅 / 新罗

• French: Silla (fr) m
• Japanese: 新羅 (ja) (しらぎ, Shiragi; しんら, Shinra)
• Korean: 신라(新羅) (ko) (Silla)
• Lithuanian: Šila f
• Manchu: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Си́лла (ru) f (Sílla)
• Thai: ชิลลา (th) (chin-laa)
• Urdu: شلا f (śilā)
• Vietnamese: Tân La (vi) (新羅)

Anagrams

• Allis, allis, is all, Lails

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sulla. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsil.la/
• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: Sìl‧la

Proper noun

Silla m

1. Sulla (Lucius Cornelius Sulla)