Doula (disambiguation)
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Doula (Template:Lang-gr, Linear B: do-e-ra) is a feminine Greek word meaning "female slave" or archaically "female servant". There are also similar unrelated words in other languages. Doula may mean:
- Doula, an assistant providing non-medical support during and after childbirth
- Doula (anatomy) or dulla, an inflatable pink sac connected to the palate the male dromedary externalises when mating
- Douala, a city in Cameroon
People with the name
- Doula Mouriki (1934–1991), Greek Byzantinist and art historian
- Siraj ud-Daulah, an eighteenth-century ruler of Bengal, often spelled Siraj-ud-Doula in older literature
- Sayf al-Dawla, a medieval ruler of Aleppo, frequently spelled Saif al Doula
See also
- Doulos (disambiguation), the masculine form