Nola

See also: nola and NOLA

English

Etymology 1

From Latin Nola.

Proper noun

Nola

  1. A city in Campania in Italy.
  2. Its bishopric.

Etymology 2

From Finola, from Irish Fionnghuala. In the US, also under the influence of the male name Nolan (which see).

Proper noun

Nola

  1. A female given name.
    • 2011, Bebe Wilde, The Weaker Sex, page 33:
      "What kind of name is Nola?"
      "My grandmother's," she said and sighed. "The kind of name no one ever just picks out."
      "Excuse me?"
      "You get named a name like Nola," she said. "Because of someone else. That someone else was my grandmother."

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Nola

  1. Alternative letter-case form of NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana).

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Nola.

Proper noun

Nola ?

  1. Nola: a town near Naples in Campania in Italy.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From its earlier name Nuvlana.

Proper noun

Nola

  1. Nola: a town in Campania in Italy.

Derived terms

References

  • Nola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Nola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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