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Nola

//ˈnoʊ.lə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of New Orleans, Louisiana. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. 2
    A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
  3. 3
    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.""

  4. 4
    A surname from Italian.
  5. 5
    Alternative letter-case form of NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana). alt-of
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  1. 6
    Its bishopric.
  2. 7
    An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A very small bell used in the choir during consecration.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Latin Nola.

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Italian Nola.

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