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cholla

English

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a cholla cactus

Etymology

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Spanish cholla, possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin. Compare keel.

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Noun

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cholla (plural chollas)

  1. Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.
    • 1889 January 26, “Archæological camping in Arizona”, in American Architect and Architecture, volume 52, page 43:
      Throughout Arizona the floors of such caves are found covered with a deep bed of chollas.
    • 1890 October, “A Series of Eggs of Palmer's Thrasher”, in The Ornithologist and Oölogist, volume 15, page 155:
      The cholla was two feet high, and six feet in diameter.
    • 2009 February 26, Karen Crouse, “Woods Returns as He Left: A Winner”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      On the front nine, Jones stuck to Woods like a cholla cactus.

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Irish

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Noun

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cholla

  1. Lenited form of colla.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈt͡ʃoʝa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈt͡ʃoʎa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈt͡ʃoʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈt͡ʃoʒa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʒa]

 

  • Syllabification: cho‧lla

Etymology 1

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Possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *keula (“mace”), earlier "lump, lump of coal," from Proto-Germanic *kulą.[1]

Noun

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cholla f (plural chollas)

  1. cholla (cactus)
  2. (figurative) reason, understanding
  3. (colloquial, Honduras) head
  4. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) laziness

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Verb

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cholla

  1. inflection of chollar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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Tagalog

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Noun

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cholla (masculine chollo, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)

  1. Alternative spelling of chola
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