English word origin

Etymology of Kula

* Slavic origin: as a Czech, Polish, and Slovak surname, see Polish kula (“ball”). * Also as a Czech surname, shortened from Mikuláš, the Czech form of Nicholas. * As a Jewish Belarusian surname, from the placename Kulya

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Source etymology 1

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A surname.

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Cognate mentionkulapl · ball

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Source etymology 2

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A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.

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From Hawaiian Kula.

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Borrowed-form mentionKulahaw

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Source etymology 4

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A town, a municipality of Vojvodina, Serbia.

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From Serbo-Croatian Кула /Kula, from кула /kula (“tower, turret”), from Ottoman Turkish قله (kulle).

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Borrowed-form mentionКула//Kulash
Derivation mentionقلهota

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