olla
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Definition of olla
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
“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.”
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noun
-
A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
“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.”
- A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
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An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
“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.”
- (Ancient-Rome)A cinerary urn.
name
- A town in Kwara State, Nigeria.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).
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