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Gola

GO'LA

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Noun.
In architecture, the same as cymatium.

Definition 2024

Gola

Gola

See also: gola and góla

English

Proper noun

Gola

  1. A language spoken in eastern Liberia.
    • 1971, Rural Africana (Michigan State University, Political Science Department / African Studies Center), issues 13-18, page 13:
      Most De speak Gola fluently and many also speak Vai.
    • 1994, Melissa Leach, Rainforest relations: gender and resource use among the Mende of Gola, Sierra Leone, page 49:
      Nevertheless, some still remember how to speak Gola, occasionally uphold their Gola origins, and seem to reflect them in the orientation of certain social values.
    • 2005, The world guide: a view from the south, volume 2007 (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), page 495:
      The Gola live on the border with Liberia in the provinces of Kenema and Pujehun. They number about 9000, speak Gola and practice Islam […]

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Gola terms

gola

gola

See also: Gola and góla

Asturian

Verb

gola

  1. third-person singular present indicative of golar
  2. second-person singular imperative of golar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ‎(“throat”).

Noun

gola f ‎(plural goles)

  1. throat
  2. gorget (a piece of armour)
  3. gluttony

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔːla/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːla

Noun

gola f ‎(genitive singular golu, nominative plural golur)

  1. breeze

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ‎(“throat”).

Noun

gola f ‎(plural gole)

  1. throat
  2. gluttony, greed: one of i sette peccati capitali
  3. gorge, defile
  4. stack, flue

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Portuguese

gola

Etymology

From Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ‎(“throat”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.lɐ/
  • Hyphenation: go‧la

Noun

gola f (plural golas)

  1. collar
  2. cornice

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ‎(“throat”).

Noun

gola f ‎(plural golas)

  1. throat
  2. collar
  3. (clothing) ruff
  4. (architecture) cornice
  5. (geography) canal
  6. (archaic) gorget (a piece of armor for the throat)

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