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humita

humita noun: a traditional food of South America, consisting of masa harina dough and corn slowly cooked in oil.

Noun

humita (plural humitas)

  1. A traditional food of South America, consisting of masa harina dough and corn slowly cooked in oil.
    • The Ecuadorean offerings are the best, particularly the humitas, steamed cornhusk tamales stuffed with a moist and fresh filling of sweet corn.2008 February 3, “Where the Twain Meet”, in New York Times

Forms of humita

pluralhumitas

Origin of humita

Borrowed from Spanish humita, from Quechua humint'a.

Questions about humita

What does humita mean?
Humita means a traditional food of South America, consisting of masa harina dough and corn slowly cooked in oil.
What part of speech is humita?
Humita is a noun.
What is the plural of humita?
The plural of humita is humitas.

Words near humita in the dictionary

  1. Humist
  2. Humiston
  3. Humistons
  4. humistratin
  5. Humists
  6. humita
  7. humitas
  8. humite
  9. humites
  10. humiture
  11. humjob

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