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pela

pela noun: synonym of Chinese wax.

Noun

pela (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Chinese wax.
    • Thus we have the myrtle wax of America extracted from the berries of the myrica cerifera, and the pela of the Chinese.1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Pantologia
    Synonyms:
    Chinese wax

Proper noun capitalized: Pela

Pela

  1. A Burmish language spoken in western Yunnan, China.

Synonyms of pela

Origin of pela

From informal romanization of Chinese 白蠟 /白蜡 (báilà).

Questions about pela

What does pela mean?
Pela means synonym of Chinese wax.
What part of speech is pela?
Pela can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near pela in the dictionary

  1. pekpek shorts
  2. Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik
  3. pel
  4. Pel's fishing owl
  5. Pel's fishing owls
  6. pela
  7. pelado
  8. peladophobia
  9. pelados
  10. Pelaez
  11. Pelaezes

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