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pula

/pʊlə/US/puːlɑː/

pula noun: rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.

Noun

pula (countable and uncountable, plural pulas)

  1. (Southern-Africa, uncountable) Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
    • Given under my hand and the Public Seal at Gaborone this 31st day of March, 2020. / PULA!2020 March 31, Government of Botswana, “State of Public Emergency — S.I. No. 59 of 2020”, in Republic of Botswana Government Gazette Extraordinary, page C213
  2. (countable) The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Pula

Pula

  1. The largest city in Istria County, Croatia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Pula

Pula (plural Pulas)

  1. A surname.

pula meaning in Tamil

pula in Tamil

கறுப்புப் பூலாஞ்சி

Forms of pula

Noun
pluralpulas
Proper noun
pluralPulas

Origin of pula

Borrowed from Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, and Sotho pula (“rain”), all from Proto-Bantu *mbúdà (“rain”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-buda (“rain, rain cloud”)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pula.

Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Pula, perhaps a nickname from pula (“shirttail, coattail”) or from pola (“tasteless soup”). * Borrowed from Italian Pula, a variant of Pola. * Borrowed from Telugu పులా (pulā). This surname is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.

Questions about pula

What does pula mean?
Pula means rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
What is pula in Tamil?
Pula in Tamil is கறுப்புப் பூலாஞ்சி. See Pula meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pula?
Pula can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pula?
Pula is pronounced /pʊlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pula?
The plural of pula is pulas.

Words near pula in the dictionary

  1. pukwudgie
  2. pukwudgies
  3. puky
  4. pul
  5. pul qua
  6. pula
  7. Pulaha
  8. pulahan
  9. pulahanism
  10. pulahans
  11. pulaka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pula (page history and authors); Pula (page history and authors); pula (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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