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humitas

humitas is the plural of humita.

Meaning of humita

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

Questions about humitas

What is humitas the plural of?
Humitas is the plural of humita.

Words near humitas in the dictionary

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

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