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• coco
  coco

  noun

  coconut palm.
• Coco
  Coco

  noun

  a river rising in N Nicaragua and flowing NE along the Nicaragua-Honduras border to the Caribbean Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.

coco

¹ American  

[koh-koh] / ˈkoʊ koʊ /

noun

cocos plural

1. coconut palm.

2. coconut.

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Coco ² American  

[koh-koh, kaw-kaw] / ˈkoʊ koʊ, ˈkɔ kɔ /

noun

1. a river rising in N Nicaragua and flowing NE along the Nicaragua-Honduras border to the Caribbean Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.

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coco British  

/ ˈkəʊkəʊ /

noun

1. short for coconut coconut palm

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cocos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of coco

1545–55; < Portuguese: grimace; the three holes at the nut's base give it this appearance

Example Sentences

Charvet has been making bespoke shirts and suits from its home on Place Vendome in Paris since 1838, with past clients including Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy and Chanel founder Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

Coco Franklin, a yoga and roller-skating instructor in Long Beach, Calif., bought a 2003 Jeep Wrangler a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Looking at the daily chart, Vita Coco has demonstrated impressive relative strength against beverage peer Monster Beverage Corporation over the past year as seen on the ratio chart.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Defending champion Coco Gauff is the latest big name to exit the French Open after a third-round defeat by Anastasia Potapova.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

I step out of the little van and go to the stand across the street to buy two cans of Coco Frio.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya