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tola¹

Rhymes with -əʊlə

Where it comes from

From Hindi तोला (tolā)/Urdu تولا (tolā), from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka), from तोलः (tol, “weighing”) (root: तुल् (tul, “to weigh”)).

noun tolas · tolah · tole

  1. A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date. Mr. Muhammad Sufyan, however, gained no weight: not a tola, not an ounce.

tola²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish tola.

noun tolas

  1. A South American grassland shrub of the genus Parastrephia.

Tola³

Where it comes from

Two main origins:

* Borrowed from Italian Tola, a surname of Sardinian origin.

* Borrowed from Amharic ቶላ (tola).

proper noun Tolas

  1. A surname.

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

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

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

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@misc{tola_2026,
  title = {tola},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tola},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}