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baccala

baccala noun: dried and salted codfish.

Noun

baccala (countable and uncountable, plural baccalas)

  1. Dried and salted codfish.

Forms of baccala

pluralbaccalas
alternative formbaccalà

Origin of baccala

From Italian baccalà. Doublet of bacalhau and bacalao.

Questions about baccala

What does baccala mean?
Baccala means dried and salted codfish.
What part of speech is baccala?
Baccala is a noun.
What is the plural of baccala?
The plural of baccala is baccalas.

Words near baccala in the dictionary

  1. Bacayan
  2. bacbakiri
  3. bacbakiris
  4. bacc
  5. baccaceous
  6. baccala
  7. baccalas
  8. baccalaurean
  9. baccalaureat
  10. baccalaureate
  11. baccalaureates

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