Σιλᾶς

Etymology
Borrowed from (intermediately Σεειλᾶς, Σειλᾶς). Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * , typically translated as Silas

Usage notes

 * Aramaic nouns ending in aleph were commonly borrowed into Ancient Greek as first declension masculine nouns, thus the ending -ᾶς.
 * Biblically attested both as Σίλας and Σιλᾶς.