English word origin

Etymology of Pala

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

A surname.

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

Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Pala, a topographic surname for someone who lived near an upland meadow. * Borrowed from Catalan Palà, a habitational surname from a town near Barcelona; also from pala (“shovel”). * Borrowed from Polish Pala, from a vernacular name of the given name Pawel, Polish form of the name Paul. * Borrowed from Czech Pála, a nickname for an obstinate person, from Moravian dialect pała (“head”). * Borrowed from Turkish Pala, from pala (“scimitar”), from Italian pala (“shovel”). * Borrowed from Hindi पाला (pālā).

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Borrowed-form mentionPalait
Borrowed-form mentionPalàca
Borrowed-form mentionPalapl
Borrowed-form mentionPálacs
Borrowed-form mentionPalatr
Borrowed-form mentionपालाhi

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

name

A town in Chad; the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest.

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

No narrative was extracted for this section. Available source templates and references appear below; no ancestor chain has been invented to fill the gap.

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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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