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foukousa

foukousa is the alternative form of fukusa.

Meaning of fukusa

Noun

fukusa (plural fukusas or fukusa)

  1. A piece of decorated silk used to cover gifts in the Japanese tradition.
    • he sought to accumulate the most exquisite specimens that he could find of textile and embroidered work, getting [...] Japanese Foukousas with their green-toned golds and their marvellously plumaged birds.1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 122

Forms of foukousa

pluralfoukousas

Questions about foukousa

What is foukousa the alternative form of?
Foukousa is the alternative form of fukusa.

Words near foukousa in the dictionary

  1. foujdarries
  2. foujdarry
  3. foujdars
  4. foujdary
  5. Fouka
  6. foukousa
  7. foukousas
  8. foul
  9. foul anchor
  10. foul anchors
  11. foul ball

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