pauls

/P AO1 L Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.

  2. 2

    In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.

  3. 3

    A surname originating as a patronymic.

  4. 4

    An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States, named after Paul the Apostle.

  5. 5

    A city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States.

  6. 6

    An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.

  7. 7

    A village south of Newlyn in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4627). The civil parish of Paul (abolished 2021) did not include the village in latter years, and is now included in St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul.

  8. 8

    A municipality on Santo Antรฃo, Cape Verde.

  9. 9

    A place name:

  10. 10

    An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.

  11. 11

    (India, historical) A small tent of various kinds.

  12. 12

    Archaic form of pawl (โ€œmechanical deviceโ€). [A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.]