kola

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kola¹

Rhymes with -əʊlə

Where it comes from

Presumably from a West African language. Compare Hausa gōr̃ò, Bambara goro, Temne kola, Mandinka kolo (“kola nut”).

noun kolas · cola

  1. countable, uncountable A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
  2. countable, uncountable A nut of this tree.
  3. alternative, countable, dated, rare, uncountable Alternative form of cola (“drink made with kola nut flavoring”).

Kola²

  • /ˈkoʊlə/

Where it comes from

From Russian Ко́ла (Kóla).

proper noun

  1. The Kola Peninsula.
  2. with the A river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
  3. A town on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Kola³

proper noun Kolas

  1. A surname.

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Españolcola
日本語コーラ kōra, コラ kora, コラノキ kora-no-ki, ヒメコラノキ hime-kora-no-ki, ヒメコラ hime-kora
हिन्दीकोला kolā
Kiswahilimkola
Ελληνικάκόλα kóla
Românăcola
Русскийко́ла kóla

name river in Russia

РусскийКо́ла Kóla

name town in Russia

РусскийКо́ла Kóla

name peninsula in Russia — see also Kola Peninsula

РусскийКо́ла Kóla

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@misc{kola_2026,
  title = {kola},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kola},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}