Scilla
noun
modern name of Scylla.
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Scilla
American
[sil-uh, sheel-lah]
/ ˈsɪl ə, ˈʃil lɑ /
noun
scilla
British
/ ˈsɪlə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of scilla
C19: via Latin from Greek skilla; compare squill
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After an 18-month consultation headteacher Scilla Yates said the school had developed a set of house names "more reflective of our society and our current values".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2022
Antonino Scilla, who heads the agriculture department on the Mediterranean island, told Reuters stringent deadlines were partly to blame, but that a general lack of expertise was hurting his region.
From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2021
When Jake turns up dead, Scilla hopes to find his killer, though over time it’s clear she just wants a share of his payoffs for the inside information he’s sold to his contacts.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2012
Scilla Alecci of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists contributed to this report.
From Washington Post
Scilla and Charibdis remain now, as they had been in ancient times, rocks hazardous for coasting vessels which had to pass that strait.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by James Hutton
All-white daffodils add sophistication and are effective companions for other delicate early-spring plants, such as snowflake, scilla, muscari, phlox, bluebells, foamflower and epimediums.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
Small bulbs such as scilla, glory-of-the-snow and even cyclamen might get established there.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
The primrose and the scilla, The merry crocus too— O Jane! if we were flowers, What should we children do?
From Songs of Womanhood by Laurence Alma-Tadema
The rocks hereabouts are very vividly coloured at certain times of the year, and in the spring are covered with lichens and turf, with blossoms of the blue scilla.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Robert Naylor
About us were still great patches of snow, and in them were blowing the crocus and the cyclamen, with deep blue scilla.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by J. P. Mahaffy
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