Lana Parrilla is a Puerto Rican–born American actress best known for playing the Evil Queen on Once Upon a Time. The name combines the Spanish-influenced given name Lana with the surname Parrilla, a common Spanish word meaning enclosure or grill. In pronunciation, the emphasis rests on the second syllable of Parrilla, yielding LAH-nah pah-REE-yah in Anglophone speech. This entry focuses on precise articulation for English-language contexts.
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