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  • proper noun An extinct West Germanic language formerly spoken in Wexford, Ireland.

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Yola yola ("old")

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Examples

  • He called Yola and told her about my visit but there wasn't much else.

    Blood Sports Francis, Dick 1967

  • I've touched previously on technology such as Yola, which gives entrepreneurs a low-cost web presence as well as some other marketing tools.

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • Yet another type of 'free website' is a DIY social network like round-up post last year, services such as Yola do target a specific type of user.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0 2009

  • The dust particles are, therefore, expected to stagnate over the affected areas while they slowly spread westwards and southwards to places such as Yola, Gombe, Bauchi, Jos, Kaduna and Sokoto within the next twenty four hours and horizontal visibility in these areas will be reduced to less than 1000m. "

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

  • Killing anywhere is abhorrent -- whether it is in Los Angeles where numerous people were gunned down by a disgruntled power employee or in Yola where people were killed at Church.

    Margee Ensign: A Resident Reports on Northern Nigeria Margee Ensign 2012

  • This I know: today Yola is calm, and children are outside playing.

    Margee Ensign: A Resident Reports on Northern Nigeria Margee Ensign 2012

  • I am back in Yola now and we are watching the situation very closely, and have taken several steps to improve campus security.

    Margee Ensign: A Resident Reports on Northern Nigeria Margee Ensign 2012

  • But at the moment, this city -- Yola -- is one that many consider to be ground zero for the recent violence in Nigeria.

    Margee Ensign: A Resident Reports on Northern Nigeria Margee Ensign 2012

  • For the moment things in Yola are calm I have just come back from a tour of the city, faculty housing and our campus and we are moving ahead with plans to start the semester on time.

    Margee Ensign: A Resident Reports on Northern Nigeria Margee Ensign 2012

  • For the moment things in Yola are calm I have just come back from a tour of the city, faculty housing and our campus and we are moving ahead with plans to start the semester on time.

    Margee Ensign: A Resident Reports on Northern Nigeria Margee Ensign 2012

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