nola
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈnoʊ.lə/(US)
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/ˈnoʊ.lə/(US) · /noʊ.lə/(US)
Definition of nola
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- (US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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name
- (US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of New Orleans, Louisiana.
- A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
- Its bishopric.
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A female given name from Irish.
“"What kind of name is Nola?" "My grandmother's," she said and sighed. "The kind of name no one ever just picks out." "Excuse me?" "You get named a name like Nola," she said. "Because of someone else. That someone else was my grandmother."”
- An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas, United States.
- A surname from Italian.
- (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana).
- The capital city of Sangha-Mbaéré prefecture, Central African Republic.
noun
- A very small bell used in the choir during consecration.
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Etymology
From Latin nola, traditionally derived from Nola in Italy, from its having been the supposed location of St Paulinus's introduction of bells to Christian ceremony, but possibly Onomatopoeic.
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