Portuguese

Proper noun

Palas f

1. (Greek mythology) Pallas (epithet for Athena)

English

Alternative forms

• palash

Noun

palas

1. A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.
   • 2005, Bhojraj Dwivedi, Environmental Vaastu, p. 162:

     The Dhak or Palas is a familiar wild tree and is common throughout the greater part of India except in drier parts.

   • 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:

     The tea garden lay in the foothills of Bhutan and got its name from the many palash trees that stood tall among the undulating green sea of tea bushes.

Synonyms

• dhak
• flame of the forest

Latin

Verb

pālās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of pālō

References

• PALAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• palas in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Spanish

Noun

palas f pl

1. plural of pala