folia

[ foh-lee-uh ]

/ ˈfoʊ li ə /

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noun

plural of folium.

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Other definitions for folia (2 of 3)

folia²

[ fuh-lee-uh ]

/ fəˈli ə /

noun

a wild and noisy Portuguese carnival dance accompanied by tambourines, performed at a frantic pace by men dressed as women and often carrying masked boys on their shoulders.

Origin of folia

see origin at folía

Other definitions for folia (3 of 3)

folía

[ Spanish faw-lee-ah ]

/ Spanish fɔˈli ɑ /

noun, plural fo·lí·as

[Spanish faw-lee-ahs]. /Spanish fɔˈli ɑs/.

an early medieval Iberian dance accompanied by mime and songs, performed during celebrations of the solstice and New Year festivals.

Origin of folía

1780–85; <Spanish folía or Portuguese folia literally, madness, folly ≪ Old Provençal, equivalent to fol foolish, mad + -ia-y³; see fool¹, folly

How to use folia in a sentence

Folia caudicem terminantia confertissima longissima, figura et dispositione Xanthorrhoeae.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
On taking off the envelop it turned out to be a small mass of light-colored glistening folia of mica.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Also, in minute folia, in the alluvial soil of the Upper Mississippi.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
In nostro specimine folia ovalia, basi cuneata, distincte trinervia.
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied

Folia inferiora, ambitu ovato apice obtusissima; superiora magis triangularia, obtusiuscula cum mucronulo.
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied

British Dictionary definitions for folia

folia

/ (ˈfəʊlɪə) /

noun

the plural of folium

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