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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Acronym of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
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name
Its bishopric.
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name
A female given name from Irish.
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An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas, United States.
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name
A surname from Italian.
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name
Alternative letter-case form of NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana).
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Usage: alt-of
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The capital city of Sangha-Mbaéré prefecture, Central African Republic.
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noun
A very small bell used in the choir during consecration.
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History
From Latin Nola.
From Finola, from Irish Fionnghuala. In the US, also under the influence of the male name Nolan (which see).
Borrowed from Italian Nola.
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.
