name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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galla
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CMU ARPABET: G AE1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A township in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
The Oromo language.
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Usage: dated, offensive, proscribed
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of gallu (“Mesopotamian demon”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 5
The Oromo people.
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Usage: dated, offensive, plural, plural-only, proscribed
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History
Etymology
* As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall. * As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala. * As an Arabic and Muslim surname, spelling variant of Kalla.
Borrowed from Somali gaalo (“non-believers”).
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