cola
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
- (countable, uncountable) A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
colon
- The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
- (rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
- (rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
- A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Synonyms
American red
Caribbean red snapper
yellowtail snapper
lane snapper
Cola ccuminota
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkəʊ.lə/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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