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hounfour

hounfour noun: a voodoo temple.

Noun

hounfour (plural hounfours)

  1. A voodoo temple.
    • A stretch of straw mats is laid on the ground leading from the door of the hounfor.1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 47
    • I arrived around ten and was taken into the peristyle, the roofed court of the hounfour, and was led around a semicircle of tables to the one where Beauvoir sat at the head.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 47

Forms of hounfour

pluralhounfours
alternative formhounfor
alternative formounfò

Origin of hounfour

From Haitian Creole oungfò.

Questions about hounfour

What does hounfour mean?
Hounfour means a voodoo temple.
What part of speech is hounfour?
Hounfour is a noun.
What is the plural of hounfour?
The plural of hounfour is hounfours.

Words near hounfour in the dictionary

  1. houndstongue
  2. houndstongues
  3. houndstooth
  4. Houndwood
  5. houndy
  6. hounfour
  7. hounfours
  8. houngan
  9. houngans
  10. houngenikon
  11. houngenikons

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