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allau.

avalanche (large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[əˈʎaw]Balearic, Central, Northern[aˈʎaw]Northwestern, Valencia
  1. avalanche (large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side)

    feminine
  2. barrage, avalanche (sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything)

    broadly · feminine
    una allau de gent
Where this word comes from

From earlier llau f, with the definite article la llau interpreted as l'allau. Llau is from Latin lābēs (“fall”), from lābor (“to slip”).

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