cola

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UK/ˈkəʊ.lə/US/ˈkoʊlə/

noun

The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

Similar
Cola TownSoda Citydope
OriginNiger-Congo →
CommonScrabble 6
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Meanings

cola1

nouncola (countable and uncountable, plural colas)

plural colas · alternative kola

  1. countableuncountableThe kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
  2. countableuncountableA beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

cola2

noun
  1. pluraluncommonplural of colon.

    In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.

    2008, Alexandre Allauzen, Review of ‘Mathematical Linguistics’ by Andras Kornai

cola3

nouncola (plural colas)

plural colas

  1. A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.

Cola4

proper noun
  1. USslangColumbia, South Carolina

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cola.

    Synonyms: Cola Town, Soda City

COLA5

nounCOLA (plural COLAs)

plural COLAs

  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of cost of living adjustment.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationacronymcomp.os.linux.advocacy (a Usenet newsgroup promoting the Linux operating system)

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounColumbia, South Carolina

Similar
Cola TownSoda City

More synonyms by meaning

nouncarbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts

Similar
dope
Broader
soft drink
Also see
cola towncolumbiadopesoda city

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

cola · noun

  1. Niger-Congo
  2. Englishcola

From a Niger-Congo language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known, and popularized the spelling with c instead of k.

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cola · noun

See colon.

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cola · noun

  1. Latincauda
  2. Vulgar Latincoda
  3. Spanishcola“tail”
  4. Englishcola

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cola (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Doublet of queue and coda.

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COLA · noun, proper noun

Acronym

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Translations

Arabic كُولَا
  • كُولَا (kūlā)drink
Bulgarian ко́ла
  • ко́ла (kóla)drink
Catalan cola
  • coladrink
Chinese Cantonese 可樂 /可乐
  • 可樂 /可乐 (ho² lok⁶)drink
Chinese Mandarin 可樂 /可乐
  • 可樂 /可乐 (kělè)drink
Czech kola
  • koladrink
Danish cola
  • coladrink
Dutch cola
  • coladrink
Esperanto kolao
  • kolaodrink
Finnish kolajuoma
  • kolajuomadrink
French coca
  • cocadrink
German Cola
  • Coladrink
Greek κόλα
  • κόλα (kóla)drink
Hebrew קוֹלָה
  • קוֹלָה (qola)drink
Hindi कोला
  • कोला (kolā)drink
Hungarian kóla
  • kóladrink
Japanese コーラ
  • コーラ (kōra)drink
Korean 콜라
  • 콜라 (kolla)drink
Persian کولا
  • کولا (kolâ)drink
Polish cola, kola
  • coladrink
  • koladrink
Portuguese cola
  • coladrink
Romanian cola
  • coladrink
Russian ко́ла
  • ко́ла (kóla)drink
Scottish Gaelic còc
  • còcdrink
Slovak kola
  • koladrink
Spanish cola
  • coladrink
Swedish cola, kola
  • coladrink
  • koladrink
Thai โคล่า
  • โคล่า (koo-lâa)drink
Turkish kola
  • koladrink
Ukrainian ко́ла
  • ко́ла (kóla)drink

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cola

MotorolaAngolaPensacolaviolalolaOsceolacanolaholaRollagondolanolabolagranolaTortolakolaebolamineolaIolamolaApalachicolagorgonzolaareolapayolaHispaniola
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Anagrams

coalalcoCaloAcol
Cite this entry
APA

cola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cola

MLA

“cola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cola. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cola,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cola.

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