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Ayala

Ayala proper noun: a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

Proper noun

Ayala (plural Ayalas)

  1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
    • Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, in ABA Journal, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2025

Forms of Ayala

pluralAyalas

Origin of Ayala

Borrowed from Spanish Ayala, from Basque Aiara, after a town in Álvara, Basque Country.

Phrases with Ayala

Questions about Ayala

What does Ayala mean?
Ayala means a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
What part of speech is Ayala?
Ayala is a proper noun.

Words near Ayala in the dictionary

  1. Ayaka
  2. Ayakawa
  3. Ayako
  4. ayakut
  5. ayakuts
  6. Ayala
  7. Ayala Alabang
  8. Ayalas
  9. Ayam
  10. ayam buah keluak
  11. ayam penyet

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