"Ola" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ola
  1. A female given name used in the U.S. in the end of the nineteenth century. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Ola-en-name-~iX7~Xs3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Olas [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from Yoruba Ọlá. Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from ọlá (“honor”) * Borrowed from Spanish Ola, a habitational surname from Basque ola (“forge”). Etymology templates: {{wp|Ola (surname)}}, {{bor|en|yo|Ọlá}} Yoruba Ọlá, {{l|yo|ọlá|t=honor}} ọlá (“honor”), {{bor|en|es|Ola}} Spanish Ola, {{der|en|eu|ola||forge}} Basque ola (“forge”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Ola (plural Olas)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Ola-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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