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yola

yola noun: cocaine.

Noun (1)

yola (uncountable)

  1. (California, Multicultural-London-English, US, slang) cocaine
    • From servin' yola and mobbin' in drop tops to gangsta tales and flat-out Westside anthems, it doesn't take much thought as to whom the target audience is […]1997, Rap Pages, volume 6, numbers 1-5
    • We yayo experts, we been whippin' the yola / Since the crackas decided to take the coke from Coca-Cola.2004, Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz (Jonathan Mortimer Smith), Grand Finale (rap song)

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Yola

Yola

  1. An extinct West Germanic language formerly spoken in Wexford, Ireland.
    Synonyms:
    Forth and Bargy

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Yola

Yola

  1. The largest city and state capital of Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Noun (2) capitalized: Yola

Yola pl (plural only)

  1. (alternative, plural, plural-only) Alternative form of Jola.

Synonyms of yola

Origin of yola

Northern California slang, said to be from a blend of Spanish yo and hola.

Derived from Yola yola (“old”).

Words formed from yola

Questions about yola

What does yola mean?
Yola means cocaine.
What part of speech is yola?
Yola can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near yola in the dictionary

  1. Yokums
  2. Yokut
  3. Yokuts
  4. Yokutsan
  5. yoky
  6. yola
  7. Yola North
  8. Yola South
  9. Yolanda
  10. Yolande
  11. yold

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