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palla

palla noun: a traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.

Noun (1)

palla (uncountable)

  1. A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.

Noun (2)

palla (plural pallae)

  1. (historical) A rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in Ancient Rome and fastened with brooches.

Proper noun capitalized: Palla

Palla (plural Pallas)

  1. A surname.

Forms of palla

Noun
pluralpallae
Proper noun
pluralPallas

Origin of palla

Borrowed from Italian palla (“ball”). Doublet of ball.

Learned borrowing from Latin palla. Doublet of pall.

* As an Italian surname, borrowed from Italian Palla. * As a Catalan and Galician surname, from palla (“straw”). * As a Hungarian surname, variant of Pál. * As a Telugu surname, borrowed from Telugu పల్ల (palla) or Telugu పాళ్ళ (pāḷḷa). * As a Punjabi Sikh surname, borrowed from Punjabi ਪੱਲਾ (pallā, “edge of a garment”).

Questions about palla

What does palla mean?
Palla means a traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.
What part of speech is palla?
Palla can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of palla?
The plural of palla is pallae.

Words near palla in the dictionary

  1. pall on
  2. pall reversed
  3. pall-bearer
  4. pall-bearers
  5. pall-mall
  6. palla
  7. pallace
  8. pallaces
  9. palladacycle
  10. palladacycles
  11. palladacyclic

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