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bacalhau

bacalhau noun: dried salted cod; salt cod; klipfish.

Noun

bacalhau (uncountable)

  1. Dried salted cod; salt cod; klipfish.

Origin of bacalhau

Borrowed from Portuguese bacalhau. Doublet of bacalao and baccala.

Questions about bacalhau

What does bacalhau mean?
Bacalhau means dried salted cod; salt cod; klipfish.
What part of speech is bacalhau?
Bacalhau is a noun.

Words near bacalhau in the dictionary

  1. bac
  2. Baca
  3. Baca County
  4. Bacacay
  5. bacalao
  6. bacalhau
  7. Bacall
  8. Bacallao
  9. Bacallaos
  10. Bacalls
  11. bacampicillin

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