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kulas

kulas is the plural of kula.

Meaning of kula

Noun (1)

kula (plural kulas)

  1. A tower, turret or steeple in Southeastern Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
    • Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a kula on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other.1867, Georgina Mary Muir Mackenzie, Lady Georgina Mary Muir Sebright, Mackenzie Sebright, Adeline Paulina Irby, Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, pages 107–108

Noun (2)

kula (uncountable)

  1. A ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, involving the exchange of bracelets and necklaces, and linked to political authority.

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Proper noun capitalized: Kulas

Kulas

  1. (plural) plural of Kula

Questions about kulas

What is kulas the plural of?
Kulas is the plural of kula.
What part of speech is kulas?
Kulas is a proper noun.

Words near kulas in the dictionary

  1. kulangs
  2. Kulangsoo
  3. Kulangsu
  4. kulanite
  5. kulans
  6. kulas
  7. Kulasihan
  8. kulbasa
  9. kulcha
  10. kulchas
  11. Kulcsar

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