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coca¹
- /ˈkəʊ.kə/ UK
- /ˈkoʊ.kə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊkə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.
noun cocas
- Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
- The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.
coca²
- /ˈkəʊ.kə/ UK
- /ˈkoʊ.kə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊkə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Catalan coca. Doublet of cake.
noun cocas
- A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas. A coca, a type of flat bread normally topped with roasted vegetables, was capped by strands of briny whitebait.
COCA³
proper noun
- Acronym of Corpus of Contemporary American English
Coca⁴
proper noun Cocas
- A surname.
- A river (the Coca River) in Ecuador, a tributary of the Napo.
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Synonym of Puerto Francisco de Orellana (El Coca), Ecuador.
Similar: Puerto Francisco de Orellana
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: erythroxylon coca, cola, cocoa, leaf, wood, cocaine, soda, diet, coke, koka, produce, imogene, cauca, kuka, blow, snow
Translations
Talk about this word "coca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coca. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coca. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coca "coca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coca.Cite this
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title = {coca},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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