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intj
Misconstruction of voila.
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Usage: alt-of, humorous, misconstruction, often
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name
A female given name from Latin.
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A comune in Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Fulton County, Arkansas.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shasta County, California.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Kent County, Delaware.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Linn County, Iowa.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city and township in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Barry County and Stone County, Missouri.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Warren County, Tennessee.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Richland County and Vernon County, Wisconsin.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
Other townships in Illinois and Iowa, listed under Viola Township.
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noun
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
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A person who plays the viola.
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An organ stop having a similar tone.
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A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
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noun
A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.
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noun
a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bowed stringed instrument, string
noun
large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Viola
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Broader terms: dilleniid dicot genus
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any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: violet, field pansy, heartsease, Viola arvensis, horned violet, tufted pansy, Viola cornuta, pansy, Viola tricolor hortensis, wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor
History
From Latin viola (“violet”).
From Italian viola, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”), possibly from Frankish *fiþulā (“violin, fiddle”). Doublet of viol. Also possibly a doublet of fiddle.
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