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Gola, n.2 and a.|ˈgəʊlə|
Also † Gala, Golah, Gora.
[Self-designation.]
A. n. (A member of) an agricultural people of Liberia; their language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Gola or their language.
1670J. Ogilby Africa 381 On the Borders of Hondo and Manot, beyond the fore-mention'd great Wood, dwell the right Galas. 1856J. L. Wilson Western Afr. i. ii. 96 The country of the Golas lies to the east of Monrovia, and at the distance of a hundred miles or more from the sea-coast. 1870B. Anderson Narr. Journey to Musardu 33 A near relation of the King's..was a Golah man by the civilized name of Chancelor. 1906H. H. Johnston Liberia I. vii. 88 Dapper's ‘Gala’ are evidently the Gora of to-day and the ‘Golahs’ of..the last century. Ibid. II. xxxii. 1139 Gora is spoken in Western Liberia, along the east and west banks of the Lower St. Paul's River. 1962Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. XCVI. 515 The Mende..look upon the..Gola to the south as incompetent and inferior agriculturalists. 1975New Columbia Encycl. 1574/1 The Poro, a men's organization with educational, legal, and religious functions, continues to be of importance, particularly among the Vai, Kpelle, and Gola peoples. |