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Scala

//ˈskɑlɑ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
  2. 2
    A statically-typed multi-paradigm programming language designed to run on the JVM.

    "Scala started life in 2001 as a research project at EPFL in Switzerland. It was released publicly in 2004 after an internal release in 2003."

Noun
  1. 1
    Ladder; sequence.
  2. 2
    Ladder-like structure in the cochlea of a mammal's ear.
  3. 3
    A machine formerly used for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin scāla (“ladder”). Doublet of scale.

Etymology 2

* As an Italian surname, from Scala. * As a Slavic and Jewish surname, from Polish Skała, Czech Skála, Carpathian Rusyn and Slovak Skala.

Etymology 3

Blend of scalable + language.

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