name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkəʊ.kə/
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General-American:/ˈkoʊ.kə/
rhymes with -əʊkə
CMU ARPABET:K OW1 K AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
Acronym of Corpus of Contemporary American English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 3
A river (the Coca River) in Ecuador, a tributary of the Napo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
Synonym of Puerto Francisco de Orellana (El Coca), Ecuador.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Puerto Francisco de Orellana
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plant product
9
noun
Meaning 9
United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Imogene Coca
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: comedienne
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noun
Meaning 10
a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Erythroxylon coca, coca plant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Aymarader. Quechua kukabor. Aymara kukabor. Spanish cocabor. English coca Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.
Borrowed from Catalan coca. Doublet of cake.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
古柯
(gǔkē)
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Greek:
κόκα
(kóka)
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Hindi:
कोका
(kokā)
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Irish:
cóca
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Japanese:
コカ
(koka)
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Marathi:
कोका
(kokā)
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Mongolian:
кокайны мод
(kokajny mod)
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Polish:
koka
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Romanian:
coca
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Russian:
ко́ка
(kóka)
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Turkish:
koka
— any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
Bulgarian:
кока
(koka)
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Czech:
kokainovník pravý
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Dutch:
coca
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Finnish:
kokapensaat
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
French:
coca
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
German:
Cocablatt
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
German:
Koka
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Greek:
κόκα
(kóka)
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Hebrew:
קוקה
(koka)
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Hindi:
कोका
(kokā)
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Ido:
kokao
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Irish:
cóca
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Italian:
coca
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Japanese:
コカ
(koka)
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Khmer:
កូកា
(koukaa)
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Marathi:
कोका
(kokā)
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Mongolian:
кока
(koka)
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Polish:
koka
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Portuguese:
coca
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Romanian:
coca
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Spanish:
coca
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Swedish:
kokabuske
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
Turkish:
koka ağacı
— the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)