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NOLA¹

  • /ˈnoʊ.lə/ US

proper noun Nola

  1. US, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Similar: N.O., La., N.O., LA

nola²

Rhymes with -əʊlə

Where it comes from

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.

noun

  1. A very small bell used in the choir during consecration.

Nola³

Where it comes from

From Latin Nola.

proper noun

  1. A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
  2. Its bishopric.

Nola⁴

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. 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."
  2. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas, United States.

Nola⁵

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Nola.

proper noun Nolas

  1. A surname from Italian.

Nola⁶

  • /noʊ.lə/ US

Rhymes with -əʊlə

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana).

Nola⁷

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Sangha-Mbaéré prefecture, Central African Republic.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: orleans, bourdon, tintinnabulum, campana, bell button, crepitaculum, handbell, tinkler, knoll, chime, cowbell, hand bell, minor, telephone-bell, ringlet, petasius

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@misc{nola_2026,
  title = {nola},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nola},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}