Olla

//ˈɒlə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

    "On top of the counter were three clay jars or ollas. Two of them were empty but the third was covered with the tin lid from a lardpail and the lid was notched to accommodate the handle of an enameled tin dipper."

  2. 2
    leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper wordnet
  3. 3
    A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
  4. 4
    An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.

    "An olla (which literally means “pot”) is a round, unglazed terra cotta clay pot with a long neck that you fill with water and bury next to your plants. It irrigates in the ground."

  5. 5
    A cinerary urn. Ancient-Rome

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).

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