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colan.

girdle (usually feminine)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun[koˈlan]

  1. girdle (usually feminine)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قولاك (kolañ). Compare Bulgarian колан (kolan, “girdle, belt”), Macedonian колан (kolan, “belt”), Serbo-Croatian колан (“girth”); other Turkish borrowings.

noun[koˈlan]

  1. necklace

    neuter

  2. breastplate

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian collana (“necklace”), from collo (“neck”), from Latin collum (“neck”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.