"Pala" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Palas [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Pala, a topographic surname for someone who lived near an upland meadow. * Borrowed from Catalan Palà, a habitational surname from a town near Barcelona; also from pala (“shovel”). * Borrowed from Polish Pala, from a vernacular name of the given name Pawel, Polish form of the name Paul. * Borrowed from Czech Pála, a nickname for an obstinate person, from Moravian dialect pała (“head”). * Borrowed from Turkish Pala, from pala (“scimitar”), from Italian pala (“shovel”). * Borrowed from Hindi पाला (pālā). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Pala}} Italian Pala, {{bor|en|ca|Palà}} Catalan Palà, {{bor|en|pl|Pala}} Polish Pala, {{bor|en|cs|Pála}} Czech Pála, {{bor|en|tr|Pala}} Turkish Pala, {{bor|en|hi|पाला}} Hindi पाला (pālā) Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Pala (plural Palas)
  1. A surname. Derived forms: Palaic
    Sense id: en-Pala-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology templates: {{wp|Pala, Chad}} Head templates: {{en-prop}} Pala
  1. A town in Chad; the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest.
    Sense id: en-Pala-en-name-~-oYq7YL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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