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dol

dol noun: the unit of measurement for pain.

Noun (1)

dol (plural dols)

  1. The unit of measurement for pain.
    Synonyms:
    dolor

Proper noun (1) capitalized: DOL

DOL

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Department of Labor.
    Synonyms:
    USDOL

Noun (2) capitalized: DOL

DOL

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of days of life.
  2. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of deprivation of liberty.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Dol

Dol

  1. A township in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • Journey across desert. Two Langars at 5th and 8th mile. Enter on cultivation at 14th mile, close to the village of Dol. Road excellent.1893, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), “Journey of Carey and Dalgleish in Chinese Turkistan and Northern Tibet in 1885–7”, in Supplementary Papers, volume 3, J. Murray, →LCCN, →OCLC, page...
    • Obul Kasem Imin, a Uighur from Dol village in Lop county, near Khotan, was reportedly taken into custody by public security officers from Lop County in September 1996 for "speaking out against the government".1999, People's Republic of China: Gross Violations of Human Rights in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Amnesty International USA, →OCLC, page 50
    Synonyms:
    Duolu, To-lu

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Dol

Dol

  1. Synonym of Dol-de-Bretagne, France.

Synonyms of dol

Forms of dol

pluraldols

Origin of dol

Clipping of Latin dolor (“sorrow, pain”). Doublet of dolor.

Borrowed from Uyghur دول (dol).

Questions about dol

What does dol mean?
Dol means the unit of measurement for pain.
What part of speech is dol?
Dol can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of dol?
The plural of dol is dols.

Words near dol in the dictionary

  1. doksa
  2. doksas
  3. dokshit
  4. dokshits
  5. Dokuchaievsk
  6. dol
  7. Dol-de-Bretagne
  8. dolabellane
  9. dolabellanes
  10. dolabellatrienone
  11. dolabra

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