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ola¹

noun olas

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of olay

Ola²

proper noun

  1. A female given name used in the U.S. in the end of the nineteenth century.

Ola³

Where it comes from

Various origins:

* Borrowed from Yoruba Ọlá. Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from ọlá (“honor”)

* Borrowed from Spanish Ola, a habitational surname from Basque ola (“forge”).

proper noun Olas

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: olla, act, office, bureau, rhyme, wave, law, lso, olc, baj, tambur, olene, america, alta, alma, olive

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@misc{ola_2026,
  title = {ola},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ola},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}