Opal

opal opál ópal òpal opał English + (fuel) Pronunciation en en-au-Opal.ogg AU Proper noun en unisex English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century. en female English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century. en 1985 w:Alice Munro The Progress of Love 208 Chatto&Windus 1987 0701131616 Perhaps to console herself for the bad luck she had already suffered, in a back corner of South Sherbrooke Township - or perhaps to make up, ahead of time, for a lack of motherly feelings - she gave the girls the fanciest names she could think of: Opal Violet, Dawn Rose, and Bonnie Hope. en rare en male English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century. en Australia A type of petrol made by British Petroleum designed to be unable to be used for petrol sniffing.BP article on Opal.Developed 2005. en 2006 Paul Malone Taking the ‘Hospital Pass’ – Jane Halton, Department of Health and Ageing: Australian Department Heads Under Howard - Career Paths and Practice http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Zi2Q5Dq_lQgC&pg=PA131&dq=%22opal%22+australia+OR+%22petrol+OR+sniffing%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CnzIT-6IGsSOiAep6-Q0&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22opal%22%20australia%20OR%20%22petrol%20OR%20sniffing%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 131 Halton says, for example, that if there are bylaws that prohibit trafficking in fuel in a community where the non-sniffable petrol, Opal, had been introduced it would be the job of the local police to enforce the law. Her department, on the other hand, was dealing with the issue of the availability of Opal. en 2007 Terry Carter; Lara Dunston Perth & Western Australia Lonely Planet http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2IGEQwGLUPQC&pg=PA163&dq=%22opal%22+australia+OR+%22petrol+OR+sniffing%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=soDIT9W1MO2QiQeV-p0S&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22opal%22%20australia%20OR%20%22petrol%20OR%20sniffing%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 163 Diesel is available at roughly 300km intervals on the WA side, as is Opal fuel which, at the Warburton and Warakuna roadhouses, can be used instead of unleaded petrol. (Opal is unsniffable, and its provision is one of the measures in place to counteract petrol-sniffing problems in local communities.) en hamlet p/Alberta c/Canada. en census-designated place s/Virginia. en town s/Wyoming. Derived terms en Opal Cone en Opal Hills References Further reading Opal (given name) Opal (disambiguation) Anagrams en alop OLAP POLA Palo alop aplo- pola Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Opal, from en opal. Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb female English German de: Etymology de :bor la:opalus From de la opalus, from de gkm ὀπάλλιος, from de sa उपल gem, stone. Pronunciation de De-Opal.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de aːl 2 Noun m opal Declension m Derived terms de opalen de opalisieren de Holzopal Further reading de Gems