ola

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proper noun

A female given name used in the U.S. in the end of the nineteenth century.

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olla
OriginYoruba Ọlá ← Spanish Ola ← Basque ola →
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Meanings

ola1

nounola (countable and uncountable, plural olas)

plural olas

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of olay.

Ola2

proper noun
  1. A female given name used in the U.S. in the end of the nineteenth century.

Ola3

proper nounOla (plural Olas)

plural Olas

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounleaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper

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olla
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writing paper
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olla

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Basqueola“forge”
  2. SpanishOla
  3. YorubaỌlá
  4. EnglishOla

Various origins: * Borrowed from Yoruba Ọlá. Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from ọlá (“honor”) * Borrowed from Spanish Ola, a habitational surname from Basque ola (“forge”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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