Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English Devereux.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diːˈɾuːz/, /diːwˈɾuːz/

Proper noun

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Derouze

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Devereux
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      Proud Derouze,
      Proud Devereux.

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 126