What does the cola mean in Pensacola or Apalachicola?

Cofitachiqui

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Theories have often been used to discount facts, but all of the facts can be accounted..... "Chiquola" is apparently the same Muskhogean Word which forms part ofApalachicola. As mentioned, the suffix "-cola" and the prefix "tola-" mean"town.