Lula

See also: lula

English

Etymology

19th-century variant of Lulu, nickname of Louisa and Lucy. In rare cases, shortened from Tallulah.

Proper noun

Lula

1. A female given name.
   • 2015, Toni Morrison, God Help the Child, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 11:

     But Lula Ann Bridewell is no longer available and she was never a woman. Lula Ann was a sixteen-year-old-me who dropped that dumb countrified name as soon as I left high school. I was Ann Bride for two years until I interviewed for a sales job at Sylvia, Inc., and, on a hunch, shortened my name to Bride, with nothing anybody needs to say before or after that memorable syllable.

2. Short for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Derived terms

• Lulism
• Lulist

Anagrams

• Allu, Aull

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as in de Lula in 1706. Derived from Old Frisian Lula (a surname).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈly.laː/
• Hyphenation: Lu‧la

Proper noun

Lula n

1. A hamlet in Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Faroese

Proper noun

Lula

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Lula: Luluson
• daughter of Lula: Luludóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Lula
accusative	Lulu
dative	Lulu
genitive	Lulu

Polish

Etymology

From lula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.la/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: Lu‧la
• Homophone: lula

Proper noun

Lula m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Lula

	singular	plural
nominative	Lula	Lulowie
genitive	Luli	Lulów
dative	Luli	Lulom
accusative	Lulę	Lulów
instrumental	Lulą	Lulami
locative	Luli	Lulach
vocative	Lulo	Lulowie

Proper noun

Lula f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Lula

	singular	plural
nominative	Lula	Lule
genitive	Luli	Luli/Lul
dative	Luli	Lulom
accusative	Lulę	Lule
instrumental	Lulą	Lulami
locative	Luli	Lulach
vocative	Lulo	Lule

Further reading

• “Lula”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.lɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -ulɐ
• Homophone: lula
• Hyphenation: Lu‧la

Proper noun

Lula m

1. (Northeast Brazil) a diminutive of the male given names Luís or Luiz
   1. (Brazilian politics) Short for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Derived terms

• lulismo
• lulista
• lulopetismo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlula/ [ˈlu.la]
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: Lu‧la

Proper noun

Lula f

1. a diminutive of the female given names Lourdes or María de Lourdes