olla

[ aw-lyah, aw-yah; English ol-uh ]

/ ˈɔ lyɑ, ˈɔ yɑ; English ˈɒl ə /

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noun Spanish.

a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.

a stew.

RELATED WORDS

container, pot, jar, crock, earthenware

Nearby words

olivifugal, olivine, olivipetal, olivopontocerebellar, olivopontocerebellar atrophy, olla, olla podrida, oller, ollie, ollier's disease, ollier-thiersch graft

Definition for olla (2 of 2)

OLLA

Office of Lend Lease Administration.

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Examples from the Web for olla

Between them they had dragged Willett from the midst of the flames and drenched him with a cataract from the olla.
Tonio, Son of the Sierras|Charles King
I believe, however, that an olla podrida made in a Spanish house is very good.
The Art of Entertaining|M. E. W. Sherwood
An old woman, in no way distinguishable from the others by paraphernalia or other marks, muttering, squatted beside the olla.
The Bontoc Igorot|Albert Ernest Jenks
Large water jar or olla, decorated with sacred rosette and birds (sparrows).
Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained|James Stevenson

Three days before the marriage, Olla arrived to help in the last preparations.
Just Sixteen.|Susan Coolidge

British Dictionary definitions for olla

olla

/ (ˈɒlə, Spanish ˈoʎa) /

noun

a cooking pot

short for olla podrida

Word Origin for olla

Spanish, from Latin olla, variant of aulla pot

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