English Explanatory Dictionary

kola

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
  2. A nut of this tree.
  3. Alternative form of cola (“drink made with kola nut flavoring”).
name
  1. The Kola Peninsula.
  2. A river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
  3. A town on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈkoʊlə/

Word forms

kola kolas cola

Etymology

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

Related words

Cola kolinsky kolonok Kolsky

Derived words

kola nut Kola Bay Kola Peninsula Kola Province

Translations

Catalan: cola Czech: kola Danish: kola Dutch: cola Edo: ẹvbẹe Finnish: koolapuu Greek: κόλα Hindi: कोला Hungarian: kóladió Ido: kolao Japanese: コーラ Japanese: コラ Japanese: コラノキ Japanese: ヒメコラノキ Japanese: ヒメコラ Romanian: cola Russian: ко́ла Serbo-Croatian: кола Serbo-Croatian: kola Slovene: kola Spanish: cola Swahili: mkola Russian: Ко́ла Finnish: Kuola Northern Sami: Guoládat Skolt-Sami: Kuâlõk
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