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Cola

//ˈkəʊ.lə// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Columbia, South Carolina US, slang

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cola."

  2. 2
    comp.os.linux.advocacy (a Usenet newsgroup promoting the Linux operating system) abbreviation, acronym
Noun
  1. 1
    The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    plural of colon dated, form-of, plural

    "In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress."

  3. 3
    A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
  4. 4
    Acronym of cost of living adjustment. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  5. 5
    carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts wordnet
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  1. 6
    A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

See colon.

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cola (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Doublet of queue and coda.

Etymology 4

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Etymology 5

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