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pala¹

  • /ˈpeɪlə/ UK
  • /ˈpɑːlə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑːlə

Where it comes from

From Latin pāla. Doublet of peel.

noun palae

  1. A part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a scoop for feeding.

pala²

noun

  1. uncountable An Odisha art form consisting of Puranic texts expressed through music and dance.

pala³

noun palas

  1. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of paladin Did you ever think about mass production of Japanese or Viking pikes ? They are much cheaper than paladins and therefore your enemy will send in dozens of palas, which all die under your pikes or hellebards.

    Similar: pally

Pala⁴

Where it comes from

Various origins:

* Borrowed from Italian Pala, a topographic surname for someone who lived near an upland meadow.

* Borrowed from Catalan Palà, a habitational surname from a town near Barcelona; also from pala (“shovel”).

* Borrowed from Polish Pala, from a vernacular name of the given name Pawel, Polish form of the name Paul.

* Borrowed from Czech Pála, a nickname for an obstinate person, from Moravian dialect pała (“head”).

* Borrowed from Turkish Pala, from pala (“scimitar”), from Italian pala (“shovel”).

* Borrowed from Hindi पाला (pālā).

proper noun Palas

  1. A surname.

Pala⁵

proper noun

  1. A town in Chad; the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest.

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"pala." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pala. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pala. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pala

Chicago

"pala." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pala.

BibTeX
@misc{pala_2026,
  title = {pala},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pala},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}