Kola

From Russian Ко́ла (Kóla).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊlə/

Kola

1. The Kola Peninsula.
2. A river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
3. A town on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

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Kola (plural Kolas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kola is the 36585^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 611 individuals. Kola is most common among White (66.45%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (23.4%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kola”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331.

• Okla, Okla., kalo

From different origins. In Eastern Finland, from vernacular forms of Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), an Eastern Orthodox name. In Ostrobothnia, from Swedish kol (“coal”). in Tavastia, possibly a back-formation from an oblique stem of kota (standard kodan, but dialectal kolan).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolɑ/, [ˈko̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -olɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ko‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): Ko‧la

Kola

1. a Finnish surname

• Kola is the 2524^th (tied with 7 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 318 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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Kola

1. plural of Kolon

• “Kola” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kola (Halbinsel)” in Duden online
• “Kola (Samen, Pflanze, Nuss)” in Duden online