nola

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US/ˈnoʊ.lə/US/noʊ.lə/

noun

A very small bell used in the choir during consecration.

Similar
N.O., La.N.O., LA
Less commonScrabble 4

Meanings

nola1

noun
  1. A very small bell used in the choir during consecration.

NOLA2

proper noun

alternative Nola

  1. USabbreviationacronymAcronym of New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Synonyms: N.O., La., N.O., LA

Nola3

proper noun
  1. A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.

Nola4

proper noun
  1. 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."

    2011, Bebe Wilde, The Weaker Sex, page 33

Nola5

proper nounNola (plural Nolas)

plural Nolas

  1. A surname from Italian.

Nola6

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana).

Nola7

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Origin

nola · noun

  1. Latinnola
  2. Englishnola

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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Nola · proper noun

  1. LatinNola
  2. EnglishNola

From Latin Nola.

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Nola · proper noun

  1. IrishFionnghuala
  2. EnglishNola

From Finola, from Irish Fionnghuala. In the US, also under the influence of the male name Nolan (which see).

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Nola · proper noun

  1. ItalianNola
  2. EnglishNola

Borrowed from Italian Nola.

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APA

nola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nola

MLA

“nola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nola. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nola,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nola.

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