Meanings
nola1
- A very small bell used in the choir during consecration.
NOLA2
Nola3
Nola4
- 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
Nola6
- Alternative letter-case form of NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Nola7
- The capital city of Sangha-Mbaéré prefecture, Central African Republic.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
nola · noun
- Latinnola
- 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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- LatinNola
- EnglishNola
From Latin Nola.
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- IrishFionnghuala
- EnglishNola
From Finola, from Irish Fionnghuala. In the US, also under the influence of the male name Nolan (which see).
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- ItalianNola
- EnglishNola
Borrowed from Italian Nola.
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Rhymes with nola
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Cite this entry
nola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nola
“nola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nola. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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