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jollof

jollof is the ellipsis of jollof rice.

Meaning of jollof rice

Noun

jollof rice (uncountable)

  1. A West African dish of rice, tomatoes, onions, and seasonings.
    • The food arrived: jollof rice for him and fried rice for her.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 181
    Synonyms:
    benachin, jollof

Proper noun capitalized: Jollof

Jollof

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Wolof.

Noun capitalized: Jollof

Jollof (plural Jollofs or Jollof)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Wolof.

Forms of jollof

pluralJollofs
pluralJollof

Phrases with jollof

Questions about jollof

What is jollof the ellipsis of?
Jollof is the ellipsis of jollof rice.
What part of speech is jollof?
Jollof can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near jollof in the dictionary

  1. jollinesses
  2. jolling
  3. jollisome
  4. jollities
  5. jollity
  6. jollof
  7. jollof rice
  8. Jollofs
  9. jollop
  10. jolloped
  11. jollops

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jollof (page history and authors); Jollof (page history and authors); jollof rice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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