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olla.

A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɒlə//ˈɔjə/
  1. A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

  2. A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.

  3. An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.

  4. A cinerary urn.

    Ancient-Rome
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).

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