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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PULAS

Pu "las, n. Etym: [Skr. palaça.] (Bot. )

 

Defn: The East Indian leguminous tree Butea frondosa. See Gum Butea, under Gum. [Written also pales and palasa.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pula

pu la |ˈp (y )o͝olə ˈpʊlə | noun ( pl. same ) the basic monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe. ORIGIN Setswana, literally rain.

 

pulao

pu lao |pəˈlou, pəˈlō, ˈpərlo͞o | noun variant spelling of pilaf.

 

Pulaski

Pu las ki |pəˈlæski pəˈlaskē | noun ( pl. Pulaskis ) a tool with a head that has an ax blade on one side and an adze on the other. ORIGIN 1920s: named after Edward C. Pulaski (1866 –1931 ), the American forest ranger who designed it.

 

Pulaski, Casimir

Pu las ki, Casimir |pəˈlaskē pəˈlæski | (1747 –79 ) Polish count and commissioned American cavalry officer; name in Polish Kazimierz Pulaski. Having fled from involvement in a Polish rebellion 1768 –72, he arrived in America 1777 and joined the cause of American independence. Commissioned a general in 1778, he was invaluable in the defense of Charleston 1779 but was mortally wounded at the siege of Savannah.

 

Pulau Seribu

Pu lau Se ri bu |ˌpo͞olou ˈseribo͞o ˌpulaʊˈsɛrɪbu | Indonesian name for Thousand Islands ( sense 2 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

pula

pula |ˈpʊlə | noun ( pl. same ) the basic monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe. ORIGIN Setswana, literally rain .

 

pulao

pulao |pəˈlaʊ | noun variant spelling of pilaf.

 

pulaski

pulaski |pʊˈlaski | noun ( pl. pulaskis ) chiefly US a hatchet with a head that forms an axe blade on one side and an adze on the other. ORIGIN 1920s: named after Edward C. Pulaski (1866 –1931 ), the American forest ranger who designed it.

 

Pulaski, Casimir

Pu las ki, Casimir |pəˈlaskē pəˈlæski | (1747 –79 ) Polish count and commissioned American cavalry officer; name in Polish Kazimierz Pulaski. Having fled from involvement in a Polish rebellion 1768 –72, he arrived in America 1777 and joined the cause of American independence. Commissioned a general in 1778, he was invaluable in the defense of Charleston 1779 but was mortally wounded at the siege of Savannah.

 

Pulau Seribu

Pulau Seribu |ˌpuːlaʊ ˈsɛrɪbuː | Indonesian name for Thousand Islands ( sense 2 ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

pularda

pularda nombre femenino Gallina joven cebada :suprema de pularda; primero hay que deshuesar la pularda .