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I like the name Smilla very much but I can´t find the origin of this name. I first heard the name when I read Peter Høegs book "Smillas sense of snow" but I don´t know if the name is greenlandic.
Does anyone know where it comes from and what it means?
Does anyone know where it comes from and what it means?
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Hei Olaug!
I suppose you haven't finished the book yet, as it's said in the text:
Smilla's parents (Danish father, Greenlandic mother) picked the Greenlandic name "Millaaraq", added an S so it became "Smillaaraq", which is "Smilla" for short, which sounds very much like the Danish word "smile" (pronounced "smee-leh") meaning "smile". So the name Smilla means something like "smiling". Unfortunately there's no meaning given for the original Greenlandic name "Millaaraq" :(
Have fun with the book! It's one of my favourites!
Ha det!
Satu
I suppose you haven't finished the book yet, as it's said in the text:
Smilla's parents (Danish father, Greenlandic mother) picked the Greenlandic name "Millaaraq", added an S so it became "Smillaaraq", which is "Smilla" for short, which sounds very much like the Danish word "smile" (pronounced "smee-leh") meaning "smile". So the name Smilla means something like "smiling". Unfortunately there's no meaning given for the original Greenlandic name "Millaaraq" :(
Have fun with the book! It's one of my favourites!
Ha det!
Satu
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Hello! Actally I read the book some time ago and the name came up now as I am pregnant with my second child. I had completely missed that the meening of her name was written in the text! I am very grateful for your answer; thank you so much! Now I love the name even more!
Regards, Olaug
Regards, Olaug
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