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folla

Pronunciation: /ˈfɔl.la/

“folla” is a Maltese word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. crowd

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian folla and/or from an older (perhaps subseded) variant of Sicilian fuḍḍa, both derived from Latin fullare (“to bump, trample”), perhaps influenced by Proto-Germanic *fulką (“folk”). Compare French foule.

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