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Carla

American  
[kahr-luh] / ˈkɑr lə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Caroline.


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Carla now runs the charity The Endometriosis Foundation, external and gave evidence to the inquiry.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

First, Carla Ward's side will have to navigate a 3,100-mile trip to Kazakhstan, to tackle relatively unknown opposition.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

And they are immediately suspicious: Why would Nicholas and Serena—the latter of whom is their former colleague—be in Paris if Carla weren’t planning something?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Carla Lockhart, a local MP from the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party, called the appeal overturn "seismic" and said residents had nothing to fear.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

But then, too, Carla felt relieved to be setting out towards her very own school in her proper grade away from the crowding that was her family of four girls too close in age.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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