"Pula" meaning in English

See Pula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sh|Pula}} Serbo-Croatian Pula Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pula
  1. The largest city in Istria County, Croatia. Categories (place): Cities in Croatia, Places in Croatia Translations (city): Пу́ла (Púla) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Pula (French), पूला (pūlā) (Hindi), Póla (Hungarian), Pola [feminine] (Italian), Пу́ла [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Púla [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-Pula-en-name-PE81NXSl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Pulas [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{wp|<dab!>}}, {{bor|en|pl|Pula}} Polish Pula, {{bor|en|it|Pula}} Italian Pula, {{bor|en|te|పులా}} Telugu పులా (pulā) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Pula (plural Pulas)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Pula-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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