Ayala

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proper noun

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

OriginSpanish Ayala ← Basque Aiara →
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Meanings

proper nounAyala (plural Ayalas)

plural Ayalas

  1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

    Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.

    2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, in ABA Journal, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2025

Origin

  1. BasqueAiara
  2. SpanishAyala
  3. EnglishAyala

Borrowed from Spanish Ayala, from Basque Aiara, after a town in Álvara, Basque Country.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Ayala. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ayala

MLA

“Ayala.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ayala. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ayala,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ayala.

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