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English word origin

Etymology of Scala

* As an Italian surname, from Scala. * As a Slavic and Jewish surname, from Polish Skała, Czech Skála, Carpathian Rusyn and Slovak Skala.

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Source etymology 1

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A surname from Italian.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* As an Italian surname, from Scala. * As a Slavic and Jewish surname, from Polish Skała, Czech Skála, Carpathian Rusyn and Slovak Skala.

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Source etymology 2

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name

A statically-typed multi-paradigm programming language designed to run on the JVM.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Blend of scalable + language.

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