Pula

See also: pula, pulă, and půla

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pula.

Proper noun

Pula

1. The largest city in Istria County, Croatia.

Translations

city

• French: Pula (fr)
• Hungarian: Póla (hu)
• Italian: Pola f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пу́ла f

  Roman: Púla (sh) f

Etymology 2

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Polish Pula, perhaps a nickname from pula (“shirttail, coattail”) or from pola (“tasteless soup”).
• Borrowed from Italian Pula, a variant of Pola.
• Borrowed from Telugu పులా (pulā). This surname is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.

Proper noun

Pula (plural Pulas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pula is the 37691^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 590 individuals. Pula is most common among White (62.03%) and Black/African American (23.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pula”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Palu, Paul, ULPA, paul

French

Proper noun

Pula ?

1. Pula (the largest city in Istria County, Croatia)

Anagrams

• palu, Paul

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǔːla/

Proper noun

Púla f (Cyrillic spelling Пу́ла)

1. Pula (the largest city in Istria County, Croatia)

Declension

Declension of Pula

	singular
nominative	Pula
genitive	Pule
dative	Puli
accusative	Pulu
vocative	Pulo / Pula
locative	Puli
instrumental	Pulom