olla
Meanings
noun
- A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
- A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
- An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
- A cinerary urn.
name
- A town in Kwara State, Nigeria.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).
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