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irio

irio noun: a Kenyan dish of mashed potatoes, maize, and other vegetables.

Noun

irio (uncountable)

  1. (Kenya) A Kenyan dish of mashed potatoes, maize, and other vegetables.
    • There are almost as many ways to prepare irio as there are Kenyan cooks. Irio almost always starts with potatoes, corn, and beans, but then Kenyan cooks add any number of other ingredients to the dish. Spinach, fried onions, vegetables, […]2010, Barbara Sheen, Foods of Kenya, page 21

Questions about irio

What does irio mean?
Irio means a Kenyan dish of mashed potatoes, maize, and other vegetables.
What part of speech is irio?
Irio is a noun.

Words near irio in the dictionary

  1. Irina
  2. irindalone
  3. iring
  4. irinotecan
  5. IRINT
  6. irio
  7. Iriomote
  8. Iriomote cat
  9. Iriomote cats
  10. Iriomote tit
  11. Iriomote tits

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