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Indian taco

Indian taco noun: a dish made of fry bread topped with ingredients such as beans, cheese, and lettuce.

Noun

Indian taco (plural Indian tacos)

  1. A dish made of fry bread topped with ingredients such as beans, cheese, and lettuce.
    • If you stay for lunch, local Society of American Indian members will be home - cooking such native delicacies as puffy fried bread, thick Indian tacos and spicy chili beans.1976 April 21, Pat Kennedy, “Indian festival set May 1”, in The Pleasanton Times, volume 90, number 116, Pleasanton, page 4
    • when I'm having an Indian taco day / I discover it's just about too late / not to educate the oppressor / but am I ever good at doing it1992, Annharte, “Coyote Columbus Cafe”, in Terry Goldie, Daniel David Moses, editors, An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, published 1998...
    Synonyms:
    frybread taco, fry bread taco, fried bread taco, Navajo taco, Hopi taco, Tewa taco, Hualapai taco, Pueblo taco, Apache taco

Synonyms of Indian taco

  • frybread taco
  • fry bread taco
  • fried bread taco
  • Navajo taco
  • Hopi taco
  • Tewa taco
  • Hualapai taco
  • Pueblo taco
  • Apache taco

Forms of Indian taco

pluralIndian tacos

Origin of Indian taco

Ostensibly from Indian + taco, based on the use of frybread, an American Indian food, similarity of toppings to those in tacos, and the fact that the frybread is sometimes folded as part of the dish.

Questions about Indian taco

What does Indian taco mean?
Indian taco means a dish made of fry bread topped with ingredients such as beans, cheese, and lettuce.
What part of speech is Indian taco?
Indian taco is a noun.
What is the plural of Indian taco?
The plural of Indian taco is Indian tacos.

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  6. Indian taco
  7. Indian tacos
  8. Indian tapir
  9. Indian tapirs
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