0 Hi, 02br 00I'd say [mila] because it's more or less the way I'd say it in Italian. And in English? I dunno! I really don't know! There are no rules to pronounce words in English, so if I had to read "Mila" I'd probably say either "mil-uh", "mil-ah", "me-luh", "me-lah", "my-luh", or "my-lah". Wanna know the first that would come to my mind? Probably "mil-uh"...02br 02br
It's pronounced Mi-la (not myla nor m'la).. Its root is Slavic and it means a dear one, loved by the people. It's used frequently as an epithet, i.e. mila mamma, or simply 'mila' when you call your lover or dear one.
The first vowel can be either /i/ or /a?/; both vowels are related via great vowel shift. For instance, look at two pronunciations of words like via, router, etc.