Coppola

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/ˈkoʊpələ/

proper noun

A surname from Italian.

OriginItalian Coppola ← Sicilian Còppula →
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Meanings

proper nounCoppola (plural Coppolas)

plural Coppolas

  1. A surname from Italian.

    Not trusting filmgoers to catch the drift, Ms. Coppola underscores the women’s attempts to gussy up with snippets of arch dialogue.

    2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2018

Origin

  1. SicilianCòppula
  2. ItalianCoppola
  3. EnglishCoppola

Borrowed from Italian Coppola, adapted from Sicilian Còppula, from còppula (“coppola cap, foreskin”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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