Enola

name

name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.
  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; A town in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Madison County, Nebraska.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place and large rail yard in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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"The small crowd at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park stood for a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m., the exact moment an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” was dropped from the U.S. warplane Enola Gay."

Etymology

Created for the titular character in the 1886 American novel Enola, derived from alone spelled backwards.

Related phrases

Enola bean

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