Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

olla

/ˈɒlə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: ol-la
IPA: /ˈɒlə/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

noun

A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.

noun

An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.

noun

A cinerary urn.

name

A town in Kwara State, Nigeria.

Example Sentences

"On top of the counter were three clay jars or ollas. Two of them were empty but the third was covered with the tin lid from a lardpail and the lid was notched to accommodate the handle of an enameled tin dipper."
"An olla (which literally means “pot”) is a round, unglazed terra cotta clay pot with a long neck that you fill with water and bury next to your plants. It irrigates in the ground."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ōlla

Inflected Forms

ollas (plural)

Synonyms

ola

Rhymes With

holla wallah

Questions

How do you pronounce olla?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒlə/.
What does olla mean?: A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
Where does olla come from?: It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce olla

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