olla

[ aw-lyah, aw-yah; English ol-uh ]
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nounSpanish.
  1. a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.

  2. a stew.

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Other definitions for OLLA (2 of 2)

OLLA

  1. Office of Lend Lease Administration.

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How to use olla in a sentence

  • Gwynne went into the kitchen, and Mariana, who was peeling onions for an olla podrida, screamed and embraced him.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • And his mother made a large olla, and a small flat piece of pottery, like the plates tortillas are baked on.

    Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights | J. William Lloyd
  • And she put all the Apache hair in the olla, and placed the flat plate on top to cover it with greasewood gum to seal it up tight.

    Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights | J. William Lloyd
  • I observed that olla frequently looked towards the latter, with a mournful expression of countenance.

    The Island Home | Richard Archer
  • Of course, every olla, must everywhere be made according to what can be got.

    Gatherings From Spain | Richard Ford

British Dictionary definitions for olla

olla

/ (ˈɒlə, Spanish ˈoʎa) /


noun
  1. a cooking pot

  2. short for olla podrida

Origin of olla

1
Spanish, from Latin olla, variant of aulla pot

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