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Kola

//ˈkoʊlə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Kola Peninsula.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
  4. 4
    A town on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad, especially in the North Region, Mayo-Louti division, Mayo-Oulo and Guider subdivisions northwest of Guider, Far North Region, Mayo-Tsanaga division, Hina and Bourrah subdivisions wordnet
  3. 3
    A nut of this tree. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract wordnet
  5. 5
    Alternative form of cola (“drink made with kola nut flavoring”). alt-of, alternative, countable, dated, rare, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Russian Ко́ла (Kóla).

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