name
Meaning 1
The largest city in Istria County, Croatia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pula
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /pʊlə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: po͞olʹä
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General-American: /puːlɑː/
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homophone: puller (UK, non-rhotic)
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-Africa, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 5
the basic unit of money in Botswana
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Botswana monetary unit
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pula.
Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Pula, perhaps a nickname from pula (“shirttail, coattail”) or from pola (“tasteless soup”). * Borrowed from Italian Pula, a variant of Pola. * Borrowed from Telugu పులా (pulā). This surname is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.
Borrowed from Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, and Sotho pula (“rain”), all from Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: Пу́ла (Púla) — city
- Chinese Mandarin: 普拉 — city
- French: Pula — city
- Hindi: पूला (pūlā) — city
- Hungarian: Póla — city
- Italian: Pola — city
- Serbo-Croatian: Пу́ла — city
- Serbo-Croatian: Púla — city