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Haketia

Haketia proper noun: an endangered Jewish Romance language spoken in North-Africa.

Proper noun

Haketia

  1. An endangered Jewish Romance language spoken in North-Africa.

Forms of Haketia

alternative formḤaketía
alternative formHakitia
alternative formHaquitía

Origin of Haketia

From Arabic حَكَى (ḥakā, “to tell”).

Questions about Haketia

What does Haketia mean?
Haketia means an endangered Jewish Romance language spoken in North-Africa.
What part of speech is Haketia?
Haketia is a proper noun.

Words near Haketia in the dictionary

  1. hakelike
  2. Haken
  3. hakenkreuz
  4. hakenkreuzes
  5. hakes
  6. Haketia
  7. haketon
  8. haketons
  9. Hakewill
  10. Hakewills
  11. Hakha

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