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Cola   /kˈoʊlə/   Listen
Cola

noun
1.
Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.  Synonym: genus Cola.
2.
Carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts ('dope' is a southernism in the United States).  Synonym: dope.



Colon

noun
(pl. colons, cola)
1.
The part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted.
2.
The basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos.  Synonym: El Salvadoran colon.
3.
The basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos.  Synonym: Costa Rican colon.
4.
A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal.  Synonym: Aspinwall.
5.
A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter).



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"Cola" Quotes from Famous Books



... northwards, struck the ridge above Glen Gluoy, came in view of its road, which we persistently followed as long as it continued visible. It is a feature of all the roads that they vanish before reaching the cola over which fell the waters of the lakes which formed them. One reason doubtless is that at their upper ends the lakes were shallow, and incompetent on this account to raise wavelets of any strength to act upon the mountain ...
— Fragments of science, V. 1-2 • John Tyndall

... help it," replied Contini, biting his cigar savagely. "I have a heart, and it beats with good blood. Do you know that there is blood of Cola di ...
— Don Orsino • F. Marion Crawford

... Era bell 'omo...Accadde che uno suo frate fu ucciso, e non ne fu fatta vendetta di sua morte: non lo poteo aiutare; pensa lungo mano vendicare 'l sangue di suo frate; pensa lunga mano dirizzare la cittate di Roma male guidata."—"Vita di Cola di ...
— Rienzi • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... Gabrino di' Rienzo, or Rienzi, commonly called Cola di' Rienzi, was born in 1313. The son of a Roman innkeeper, he owed his name and fame to his own talents and natural gifts. His mission, or, perhaps, ambition, was to free Rome from the tyranny and oppression of the great nobles, and to establish ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2 • George Gordon Byron

... as Val Sugana, where they occupied good strategical positions on Austrian territory and held Ronsegno, on the railroad between Borgo and Trent. Further north the Italians held dominating positions in front of the Austrian forts at Fabonti and Monte Cola. ...
— The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) • Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds, Allen L. (Allen Leon)


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