Fila

/ˈfiːlə/ noun

Brand name of Italian sportswear company. Also plural of 'filum', meaning thread-like structures in biology.

As a brand, founded in 1911 by the Fila brothers in Italy, possibly from their surname. In biology, from Latin 'filum' meaning 'thread', used to describe thin, thread-like cellular structures.

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