tola
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tola
1605–15; < Hindi tolā ≪ Sanskrit tolaka
Example Sentences
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What he really yearns for is a compromise already offered by his company: a long-term operating contract for the companies, after which the properties would revert in tola to Mexico.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the wooden board, called tola, the corpse lies stretched; and round it are women, veiled in the blue-black mantle of Corsican costume, moaning and rocking themselves upon their chairs.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes
Appropriates many words not taught him, tola for "Kohlen," dals for "Salz."
From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.
This is a volcanic district, set in a forest of palms, and of the tree called "tola," about two miles to the east of Turbaco.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon
In some factories the night closes with a grand dance by all the inhabitants of the dangur tola.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James
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