Bula

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bula"

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Polish Bula or Buła, from buła (“round object; fat person”).
• Borrowed from American Spanish Bula.

Proper noun

Bula (countable and uncountable, plural Bulas)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Bailey County, Texas, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bula is the 37735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Bula is most common among White (59.08%) and Hispanic/Latino (34.47%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bula”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 249.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bu‧la
• IPA^(key): /buˈlaʔ/ [buˈl̪aʔ]

Proper noun

Bulâ

1. A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

Czech

Etymology

Perhaps from bula (“handwritten document from the papal chancellery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbula]

Proper noun

Bula m anim (female equivalent Bulová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bula (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Bula	Bulové
genitive	Buly	Bulů
dative	Bulovi	Bulům
accusative	Bulu	Buly
vocative	Bulo	Bulové
locative	Bulovi	Bulech
instrumental	Bulou	Buly

Further reading

• “Bula”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbuɫa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbula/

Proper noun

Bula f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Bula (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Bula	Bule	Buly
genitive	Buly	Bulú	Bul
dative	Bule	Bulama	Bulám
accusative	Bulu	Bule	Buly
vocative	Bulo	Bule	Buly
locative	Bule	Bulú	Bulách
instrumental	Bulú	Bulama	Bulami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Bula”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.la/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: Bu‧la

Proper noun

Bula m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bula

	singular	plural
nominative	Bula	Bulowie
genitive	Buli	Bulów
dative	Buli	Bulom
accusative	Bulę	Bulów
instrumental	Bulą	Bulami
locative	Buli	Bulach
vocative	Bulo	Bulowie

Proper noun

Bula f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Bula

	singular	plural
nominative	Bula	Bule
genitive	Buli	Bul
dative	Buli	Bulom
accusative	Bulę	Bule
instrumental	Bulą	Bulami
locative	Buli	Bulach
vocative	Bulo	Bule

Further reading

• “Bula”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbula]

Proper noun

Bula m pers (female equivalent Bulová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bula (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Bula	Bulovia	Bulovci
genitive	Bulu	Bulov	Bulovcov
dative	Bulovi	Bulom	Bulovcom
accusative	Bulu	Bulov	Bulovcov
locative	Bulovi	Buloch	Bulovcoch
instrumental	Bulom	Bulami	Bulovcami

Further reading

• “Bula”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024