Kola
- noun
Examples
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St. John's wort, valerian, kava kava, and gofu kola may increase CNS depression.
Academic text (2006) -
Avoid St. John's wort, valerian, kava kava, and gofu kola (may increase CNS depression).
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Kola is a Chadic language primarily spoken by the people in northern Kola.
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The Kola language has distinctive features that set it apart from other Chadic languages.
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Many communities in Cameroon rely on the Kola language for daily communication.
Synonyms
A language spoken by people south of Lake Chad in northern Cameroon
Compounds
A tropical tree that produces large brown nuts containing caffeine used to make cola drinks
A bitter brown seed from a West African tree used to help people feel more awake and flavor cola
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kola is simply the local name for a people and the place where they live in northern Cameroon, and so the language is called Kola. Like English being named after England, this helps you remember that Kola is the language of the Kola people.