gala

Naija

Alternative forms

• skeleton 0.83 20, windsor 0.83 17, parc 0.82 8, china-africa 0.82 5, des 0.81 17, desmond 0.80 10, dynamo 0.80 7, emilia 0.80 9, agadir 0.79 5

Etymology

Borrowed from English gala

Pronunciation

• gálà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 13567

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

gala: a type of sausage roll -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I buy bigi gala for road, con chop am inside bus.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:3)

   I don tell you sey meh you no dey carry babe for head as if sey you dey, as if sey you dey hawk gala.  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__18, I have told you not to be too serious with girls as if you hawk gala.)

   For 2011, dem bin do gala dinner for Lowry Hotel for Manchester SSF and di Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.  — (bbc__49653, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• skeleton 0.83 20, windsor 0.83 17, parc 0.82 8, china-africa 0.82 5, des 0.81 17, desmond 0.80 10, dynamo 0.80 7, emilia 0.80 9, agadir 0.79 5

Antonymes

• skeleton 0.83 20, windsor 0.83 17, parc 0.82 8, china-africa 0.82 5, des 0.81 17, desmond 0.80 10, dynamo 0.80 7, emilia 0.80 9, agadir 0.79 5

Translations

• English: a type of sausage roll