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  1. A smoothed palm-leaf used in Ceylon and southern India for writing upon, or a letter or other document written on such a leaf. The writing is scratched on the leaf with a steel-pointed stylus, and is sometimes rubbed over with some material to make it more legible.

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  • He had been told that these birds were endemic to Española, at the far south of the Galápagos archipelago. —  Analog, March 2002
  • Iberia's maintenance division is certified by Spanish and international authorities; such as Aviación Civil Española, the European Air Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States. —  Skycontrol
  • Colombia itself is represented by the carimañola, a cassava fritter. —  WSJ.com: What's News US
  • * Senator Barack Obama holds a rally in Española, N.M. * Senator Joe Biden travels to Canton, Ohio for a rally at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, attends a community gathering in Akron and a rally in Youngstown. —  The Caucus
  • But some smaller communities are also facing epic battles with drugs, including tiny Española, N.M. Heroin is the drug of choice in Española, and local health groups are at a loss to explain the high rate of overdoses despite a longstanding public health effort. —  Forbes.com: News
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  1. Also olla; from Malayalam ōla = Tamil olai, a palm-leaf.
 

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