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cola¹
- /ˈkəʊ.lə/ UK
- /ˈkoʊlə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊlə
Where it comes from
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.
noun colas · kola
- The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
- A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
cola²
- /ˈkəʊ.lə/ UK
- /ˈkoʊlə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊlə
Where it comes from
See colon.
noun
- plural of colon In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.
cola³
- /ˈkəʊ.lə/ UK
- /ˈkoʊlə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊlə
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cola (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Doublet of queue and coda.
noun colas
- A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
Cola⁴
Rhymes with -əʊlə
COLA⁵
Where it comes from
Acronym
noun COLAs
- Acronym of cost of living adjustment
proper noun
- comp.os.linux.advocacy (a Usenet newsgroup promoting the Linux operating system)
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dope, genus cola, kola, coca-cola, pepsi, beverage, coca, coke, soda, glue, spooler, monolith, colossus, kula, tail, light
Translations
Talk about this word "cola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cola. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cola. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cola "cola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cola.Cite this
@misc{cola_2026,
title = {cola},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cola},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
