cola
UK/ˈkəʊ.lə//ˈkoʊlə/
cola noun: the kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts. Also the plural of colon.
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Noun (1)
cola (countable and uncountable, plural colas)
Noun (2)
cola (plural colas)
Noun (3) capitalized: COLA
COLA (plural COLAs)
- Acronym of cost of living adjustment.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: COLA
COLA
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cola
Cola
- Columbia, South Carolina
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cola.
Also used as
cola is also the plural of colon.
cola meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
cola in Hindi
- drink
- कोला kolā
cola in Marathi
- drink
- कोला kolā
cola in Bengali
- কোলা
cola in Telugu
- కోలా
More languagesFewer languages
- cola in Malayalam
- കോള
- cola in Kannada
- ಕೋಲಾ
- cola in Gujarati
- કોલા
- cola in Odia
- କୋଲା
- cola in Nepali
- कोला
- cola in Arabic
- كُولَا kūlā
- cola in Persian
- کولا kolâ
- cola in Thai
- โคล่า koo-lâa
Examples of cola in a sentence
- If you'd like a soft drink, we have cola and lemonade.
- I poured a cola and waited for the fizz to settle down before topping off the glass.
- If you shake up a can of cola and then open it, you get an explosion.
Synonyms of cola
Forms of cola
| plural | colas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kola |
| plural | COLAs |
Origin of cola
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.
See colon.
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cola (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Doublet of queue and coda.
Words formed from cola
Phrases with cola
Words that rhyme with cola
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- granola
- idola
- Iola
- minneola
- pianola
- stola
- tombola
- Akmola
- arteriola
- blogola
- boffola
- bola
- braciola
- Carniola
- cashola
- caveola
- Coca Cola
- Coca-Cola
- crapola
- eidola
- gayola
- gladiola
- gorgonzola
- hemiola
- hideola
- Hispaniola
- hola
- lola
- mandola
- mineola
- mola
- mola mola
- Motorola
- moviola
- Ndola
- nola
- payola
- Pensacola
- plugola
- Poehler
- pseudovariola
- pyrola
- salsola
- scagliola
- Shinola
- shola
- solah
- tetracola
Questions about cola
- What does cola mean?
- Cola means the kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
- What is cola in Hindi?
- Cola in Hindi is कोला (kolā). See Cola meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cola?
- Cola can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cola?
- Cola is pronounced /ˈkəʊ.lə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cola?
- The plural of cola is colas.
Words near cola in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cola (page history and authors); COLA (page history and authors); Cola (page history and authors); cola (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cola (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cola (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cola (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cola (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cola (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cola (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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