Tela

[ te-lah ]

/ ˈtɛ lɑ /

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noun

a seaport in N Honduras.

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Words nearby Tela

tekkie, teknonymy, tektite, tektosilicate, tel-, Tela, telaesthesia, Tel Amarna, telamon, Telamonian Ajax, Telanaipura

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How to use Tela in a sentence

The situation on the ground last July when I was on assignment in San Pedro Sula, the country’s second largest city, and in the cities of Tela and La Ceiba on Honduras’ Caribbean coast, was tense.
Dispatch from Honduras|Michael K. Lavers|February 22, 2022|Washington Blade
“We have good relations with them,” said Barahona, referring to Tela officials.
Honduras government institutions ‘are murdering us’|Michael K. Lavers|August 25, 2021|Washington Blade
Aprest Executive Director Leonel Barahona Medina told the Blade during an interview at a beachfront restaurant in Tela on July 20 that city officials have given him an office from which he and his colleagues can work.
Honduras government institutions ‘are murdering us’|Michael K. Lavers|August 25, 2021|Washington Blade
Tela tamen sola, cum crebris comminacionibus et conuiciis, transuolarunt.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers

Neque is telorum ictu perforari poterat, durissima squamarum lorica omnia tela facile repellente.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
It is probable that alama and tela de nacar had silver interwoven with their texture.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume III (of 3)|Leonard Williams
De dito raso se ne posto in la capa de Don Rodrigo—Tela d'oro.
Lucretia Borgia|Ferdinand Gregorovius
Tela di renso sottile per far camicie mandato a Carpi al sig.
Lucretia Borgia|Ferdinand Gregorovius

British Dictionary definitions for Tela

tela

/ (ˈtiːlə) /

noun plural -lae (-liː)

anatomy any delicate tissue or weblike structure

Word Origin for tela

from New Latin, from Latin: a web

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Medical definitions for Tela

tela

[ tē′lə ]

n. pl. te•lae (-lē)

A thin weblike structure.

A tissue, especially of delicate formation.