pala

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UK/ˈpeɪlə/UK/ˈpɑːlə/

noun

A part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a scoop for feeding.

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pala1

nounpala (plural palae)

plural palae

  1. A part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a scoop for feeding.

pala2

nounpala (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn Odisha art form consisting of Puranic texts expressed through music and dance.

pala3

nounpala (plural palas)

plural palas

  1. abbreviationclippinginformalvideo gamesClipping of paladin.

    Did you ever think about mass production of Japanese or Viking pikes ? They are much cheaper than paladins and therefore your enemy will send in dozens of palas, which all die under your pikes or hellebards.

    2000 November 21, WR_Sabrina, “Being Rushed”, in microsoft.public.ageofempires (Usenet)
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    Try a maxed res (90-95 all) Paladin, lvl 33 FOTH absorb all but poison against a sorc.........mucho fun :P I originally intended my FOTH pala to kill Ama's, but with the buriza+clegclaws being so popular with cheeseazons, I made him into a sorc killer. Good for other palas, necros and druids as well (druids are lame PVP).

    2001 November 22, [Empty]Daemon, “PvP using Fist of the Heavens”, in alt.games.diablo2 (Usenet)

    Trolls might be a bit too cynical for druids/palas (i.e. cannibalism) but then again they have priests so should at least be able to feel a bit like palas or just do it the blood elf way. I certainly can see them as warlocks.

    2007 October 16, Urs Steiner, “Why can't Blood Elves be warriors?”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)

    Synonyms: pally

Pala4

proper nounPala (plural Palas)

plural Palas

Pala5

proper noun
  1. A town in Chad; the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest.

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pala · noun

  1. Latinpāla
  2. Englishpala

From Latin pāla. Doublet of peel.

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Pala · proper noun

  1. Hindiपाला
  2. TurkishPala
  3. CzechPála
  4. PolishPala
  5. CatalanPalà
  6. ItalianPala
  7. EnglishPala

Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Pala, a topographic surname for someone who lived near an upland meadow. * Borrowed from Catalan Palà, a habitational surname from a town near Barcelona; also from pala (“shovel”). * Borrowed from Polish Pala, from a vernacular name of the given name Pawel, Polish form of the name Paul. * Borrowed from Czech Pála, a nickname for an obstinate person, from Moravian dialect pała (“head”). * Borrowed from Turkish Pala, from pala (“scimitar”), from Italian pala (“shovel”). * Borrowed from Hindi पाला (pālā).

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APA

pala. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pala

MLA

“pala.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pala. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pala,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pala.

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