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basbousa

basbousa noun: a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake, made from cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup which may also contain orange flower water or rose water.

basbousa: a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake, made from cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup...
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Noun

basbousa (countable and uncountable, plural basbousas)

  1. A traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake, made from cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup which may also contain orange flower water or rose water.
    Synonyms:
    revani

Synonyms of basbousa

Forms of basbousa

pluralbasbousas

Origin of basbousa

From Arabic بَسْبُوسَة (basbūsa).

Questions about basbousa

What does basbousa mean?
Basbousa means a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake, made from cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup which may also contain orange flower water or rose water.
What part of speech is basbousa?
Basbousa is a noun.
What is the plural of basbousa?
The plural of basbousa is basbousas.

Words near basbousa in the dictionary

  1. Basayevs
  2. Basbanes
  3. Basbasa
  4. basbleu
  5. basbleus
  6. basbousa
  7. basbousas
  8. BASc
  9. bascart
  10. bascarts
  11. Basch

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