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calas

US/kəˈlɑː/

calas noun: dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour, part of Creole cuisine.

Noun

calas pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour, part of Creole cuisine.

Proper noun capitalized: Calas

Calas

  1. (plural) plural of Cala

Origin of calas

Possibly borrowed from Nupe kara (“fried cake”).

Questions about calas

What does calas mean?
Calas means dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour, part of Creole cuisine.
What part of speech is calas?
Calas can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce calas?
Calas is pronounced /kəˈlɑː/ (US).

Words near calas in the dictionary

  1. Calarcos
  2. Calare
  3. calarene
  4. CalArts
  5. CalArts style
  6. calas
  7. Calascibetta
  8. calascione
  9. calash
  10. calashes
  11. Calasiao

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