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.

Anagrams

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lula m pers or f

  1. a male surname
  2. a female surname

Declension

Masculine surname

Feminine surname

Derived terms

  • Lulanka
  • Lulina

See also

  • Appendix:Polish surnames

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.lɐ/

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

Proper noun

Lula m

  1. (Northeast Brazil) a diminutive of the male given names Luís or Luiz

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
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