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hákarl

hákarl noun: an Icelandic food, cured fermented shark with a strong ammonia smell.

Noun

hákarl (uncountable)

  1. An Icelandic food, cured fermented shark with a strong ammonia smell.

Origin of hákarl

Borrowed from Icelandic hákarl (“shark”).

Questions about hákarl

What does hákarl mean?
Hákarl means an Icelandic food, cured fermented shark with a strong ammonia smell.
What part of speech is hákarl?
Hákarl is a noun.

Words near hákarl in the dictionary

  1. Hàn character
  2. Hàn characters
  3. Hàn Chinese
  4. hào
  5. hácek
  6. hákarl
  7. Hálogi
  8. Hárbarðsljóð
  9. hárslevelű
  10. Hávamál
  11. háček

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