Cola Meaning

/ˈkəʊ.lə/
A2

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nounThe kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

nounA beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

For a while, I was really into cola, drinking it every day.
The cola made my tongue tingle.
This cola has gone flat and doesn't taste good.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
I prefer drinking ____ over any other soft drink.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ordered a burger and a large ____ to drink with it.

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.

"In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress." — 2008, Alexandre Allauzen, Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
I prefer drinking ____ over any other soft drink.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ordered a burger and a large ____ to drink with it.

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