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cola

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈkəʊ.lə/
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/ˈkəʊ.lə/ · /ˈkoʊlə/

Definition of cola

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
  3. (dated, form-of, plural)plural of colon
    “In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.”
  4. A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
  5. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of cost of living adjustment.

name

  1. (US, slang)Columbia, South Carolina
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cola.”
  2. (abbreviation, acronym)comp.os.linux.advocacy (a Usenet newsgroup promoting the Linux operating system)

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Etymology

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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