Nola
English
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Finola, from Irish Fionnghuala. In the US, also under the influence of the male name Nolan (which see).
Proper noun
Nola
- 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."
- "What kind of name is Nola?"
- 2011, Bebe Wilde, The Weaker Sex, page 33:
Italian
Latin
Etymology
From its earlier name Nuvlana.
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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