"kola" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kolas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊlə Etymology: Presumably from a West African language. Compare Hausa gōr̃ò, Bambara goro, Temne kola, Mandinka kolo (“kola nut”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ha|goro|gōr̃ò}} Hausa gōr̃ò, {{cog|bm|goro}} Bambara goro, {{cog|tem|kola}} Temne kola, {{cog|mnk|kolo||kola nut}} Mandinka kolo (“kola nut”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kola (countable and uncountable, plural kolas)
  1. A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Mallow family plants
    Sense id: en-kola-en-noun-2hzpIz7X Disambiguation of Mallow family plants: 84 10 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Edo translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 3 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 73 5 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 76 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 81 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 72 6 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Edo translations: 77 4 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 78 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 75 3 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 77 4 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 78 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 76 5 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 71 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 76 5 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 74 5 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 73 5 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 78 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 77 6 17
  2. A nut of this tree. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kola-en-noun-~ftIrw6B
  3. (rare, dated) Alternative form of cola (“drink made with kola nut flavoring”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, dated, rare, uncountable Alternative form of: cola (extra: drink made with kola nut flavoring)
    Sense id: en-kola-en-noun-WrWiYQ4H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cola Derived forms: kola nut Related terms: Cola Translations (tree): cola [feminine] (Catalan), kola [feminine] (Czech), kola [common-gender] (Danish), cola [masculine] (Dutch), ẹvbẹe (Edo), koolapuu (Finnish), κόλα (kóla) [feminine] (Greek), कोला (kolā) [masculine] (Hindi), kóladió (Hungarian), kolao (Ido), コーラ (kōra) (Japanese), コラ (kora) (note: especially Cola nitida) (Japanese), コラノキ (kora-no-ki) (Japanese), ヒメコラノキ (hime-kora-no-ki) (Japanese), ヒメコラ (hime-kora) (Japanese), cola [feminine] (Romanian), ко́ла (kóla) [feminine] (Russian), кола [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kola [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kola [feminine] (Slovene), cola [feminine] (Spanish), mkola (Swahili)
Disambiguation of 'tree': 49 51 0

Inflected forms

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": C. acuminata vs. hime-kora-no-ki",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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