Sila may refer to :

Places

Sila Region Sila or Dar Sila is a provinces of Chad, province of Chad, located in the south-east of the country. It was created in 2008 from the departments of Sila Department, Sila and Djourf Al Ahmar Department, Djourf Al Ahmar which were previously part o ...

, Chad **

Sila Department Sila () or Dar Sila () was formerly a department in the Ouaddaï region of Chad. In 2008 it became part of the new Sila Region which was created from the Ouaddaï region's former Sila and Djourf Al Ahmar (Djourouf Al Ahmar) departments. The ...

, Chad, part of Sila Region *

La Sila La Sila, also simply Sila, is the name of the mountainous plateau and historic region located in Calabria, southern Italy. The Sila National Park is known to have the purest air in Europe. Geography The Sila occupies part of the provinces of Co ...

, a mountainous area of Calabria, Italy ** Sila National Park * Sila, Numidia, a former ancient city and bishopric, now Bordj-El-Ksar in Algeria and a Latin Catholic titular see * Siła, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, a village in Poland *

Sila, Abu Dhabi ''As-Silaʿ'' () is a city in the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It is west of Abu Dhabi and west of Dubai, mainly consisting of Emirati town houses. Description The city has been undergoing constructio ...

, United Arab Emirates

Religion and mythology

Śīla Buddhist ethics are traditionally based on the Enlightenment in Buddhism, enlightened perspective of the Buddha. In Buddhism, ethics or morality are understood by the term ''śīla'' () or ''sīla'' (Pāli). ''Śīla'' is one of three sections o ...

(in Sanskrit) or sīla (in Pāli), "behavioral discipline", "morality", "virtue" or "ethics" in Buddhism *

Sila (mythology) Sila (Arabic: سعلى أو سعلا أو سعلاة alternatively spelled Si'la or called Si'lat literally: "Hag" or "treacherous spirits of invariable form" pl. Sa'aali adj: سعلوة su'luwwa) is a jinn from Arabian folklore. In early sources, ...

, in Arab folklore a type of ''jinn'', or genie * Sila (murti), in Hinduism a ''murti'' or ''vigraha'' in the form of a stone *

Silap Inua In Inuit religion, Silap Inua ('possessor of spirit', ᓯᓚᑉ ᐃᓄᐊ) or Sila ('breath, spirit', ᓯᓪᓚ) ( Iñupiaq: ''siḷam iñua'') is similar to mana or ether, the primary component of everything that exists; it is also the breath of ...

(sila), in Inuit mythology, the primary component of everything that exists

Businesses

SiLA (airlines) Siberian Light Aviation - (SiLA) (, ''Sibirskaya Legkaya aviatsiya'', "Siberian Light Aviation") is a Russian airline operating turboprop aircraft for regional flights in Siberia. It received its air operator certificate for commercial transporta ...

, a Russian regional airline * Sila Nanotechnologies, a battery manufacturer * Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB, a Swedish airline

Entertainment

* ''Sila'' (2016 TV series), a Pakistani drama series * ''Sıla'' (TV series), a Turkish television series * ''Sila'' (film), a 1988 Indian film directed by B. R. Ishara

People

Sıla (given name) Sıla (''pronounced as "sla"'') is a Turkish feminine name. It has a meaning of "reunite with relatives and loved ones who live in the birthplace/hometown". It may refer to: * Sıla Çağlar (born 2004), Turkish chess player * Sıla Gençoğlu (bo ...

, a list of people with the Turkish feminine name *

Sila María Calderón Sila María Calderón Serra (born September 23, 1942) is a Puerto Rican politician, businesswoman, and philanthropist who was the governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005, becoming the first female to be elected and serve as governor in Puerto ...

(born 1942), Puerto Rican politician * Sila Godoy (1919–2014), Paraguayan guitarist * Sila Mutungi, lead singer of the band Sila and the Afrofunk Experience * Sila Srikampang (born 1989), Thai footballer *

Sıla (singer) Sıla Gençoğlu (born 17 June 1980) is a Turkish singer-songwriter. She was born in Acıpayam, Denizli Province, Denizli, and later moved to İzmir and then to Istanbul to finish her studies. She started to learn performing arts at high school. A ...

, Turkish singer Sıla Gençoğlu (born 1980) * Alo Sila, American football player * Sila or

Si La people The Si La (also Sila or Syla) are an ethnic group of about 3,151 people living in northern Laos and another 600 living in two villages: Nậm Sin and Seo Hay of Lai Châu Province, Northwest region, Vietnam. Culture The Si La people speak a T ...

, an ethnic group of Vietnam and Laos

Other uses

* Sila language (Sino-Tibetan), a language of Vietnam and Laos spoken by the Si La people *

Sila language (Chad) The Sila language, also known as ''Dar Sila'', Dar Sila Daju, ''Bokor, Bokorike, Bokoruge, Dadjo, Dajou, Daju,'' and ''Sula,'' is an Eastern Sudanic language, one of three closely related languages in the area called "Daju" (the other two being ...

, a language of Chad * Aero East Europe Sila, a Serbian family of light aircraft *

Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA) was founded in 1953 by a group of Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural List of regions of California, region that ...

, a not-for-profit organization * Standardization in Lab Automation, a not-for-profit organization * The primary body of Sila–Nunam, an object in the Solar System * A volume also known as a "bowl" in