Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lula

/lˈulə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: lu-la
IPA: /lˈulə/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name.

name

Ellipsis of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Example Sentences

"But Lula Ann Bridewell is no longer available and she was never a woman. Lula Ann was a sixteen-year-old-me who dropped that dumb countrified name as soon as I left high school. I was Ann Bride for two years until I interviewed for a sales job at Sylvia, Inc., and, on a hunch, shortened my name to Bride, with nothing anybody needs to say before or after that memorable syllable."

Etymology

19th-century variant of Lulu, nickname of Louisa and Lucy. In rare cases, shortened from Tallulah.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Derived Forms

Lulism Lulist

Rhymes With

hula missoula ula beulah chula tallulah eula tula abdulla valenzuela shula mula

Questions

How do you pronounce lula?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈulə/.
What does lula mean?: A female given name.
Where does lula come from?: 19th-century variant of Lulu, nickname of Louisa and Lucy. In rare cases, shortened from Tallulah.

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