Olla
WordNet
noun
(1) Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
WiktionaryText
Etymology
olla, from olla, aulla; akin to the Sanskrit (ukhā), that is pot, and probably to Gothic (auhns), oven.
Noun
- a cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries
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- 1992, 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. — Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
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- A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
- A cinerary urn in ancient Rome.
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Etymology
From the same root *wole- as Finnish olla and Hungarian volt.