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chiku

chiku is the alternative form of chikoo.

Meaning of chikoo

Noun

chikoo (plural chikoos)

  1. (India) Synonym of sapodilla (“the tree and its fruit”)
    • Regarding seasons of other fruits in Bombay it is seen that oranges, mosambis and chikoos are available almost throughout the year, the peak period of chikoos being December and January.1968, Marketing of Bananas in the State of Maharashtra, →OCLC, page 38
    Synonyms:
    sapodilla

Proper noun capitalized: Chiku

Chiku

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Cigu.
    • The project is located at Putai, and Chiku, Tainan Hsien.1957, Narrative Industrial Program Progress Report; Project-Type Assistance, page 72
    • The spokesman said the rest will be produced at newly developed salt fields at Chiku near Chiayi in south Taiwan.1973 May 27, “Output of salt hiked”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XIV, number 20, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 3

Forms of chiku

pluralchikus

Origin of chiku

From Mandarin 七股 (Qīgǔ), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi¹-ku³.

Questions about chiku

What is chiku the alternative form of?
Chiku is the alternative form of chikoo.
What part of speech is chiku?
Chiku is a proper noun.

Words near chiku in the dictionary

  1. chikor
  2. chikore
  3. chikores
  4. chikors
  5. chiks
  6. chiku
  7. Chikugo
  8. chikunga
  9. chikungunya
  10. chikus
  11. Chikusei

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chiku (page history and authors); Chiku (page history and authors); chikoo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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