"Traditional name"
The name Milinda is commonly a female name.
Milinda is the Pali form of the name of the Indo-Greek king Menander I, who appears as King Milinda in the Milindapanha, a Pali text that records his dialogue with the monk Nagasena. The Greek name behind it, Menandros, joins menos, meaning force or spirit, and aner, meaning man. The name is documented in Pali Buddhist literature and in Greek sources rather than being an English coinage.
The pronunciation of Milinda is mih-LIN-duh.
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