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kimchi-jjigae

kimchi-jjigae noun: a Korean stew, a jjigae, or stew-like Korean dish, made with kimchi and other ingredients.

Noun

kimchi-jjigae (uncountable)

  1. A Korean stew, a jjigae, or stew-like Korean dish, made with kimchi and other ingredients

Origin of kimchi-jjigae

Borrowed from Korean 김치찌개 (gimchijjigae).

Questions about kimchi-jjigae

What does kimchi-jjigae mean?
Kimchi-jjigae means a Korean stew, a jjigae, or stew-like Korean dish, made with kimchi and other ingredients.
What part of speech is kimchi-jjigae?
Kimchi-jjigae is a noun.

Words near kimchi-jjigae in the dictionary

  1. Kimbu
  2. Kimbundu
  3. kimchee
  4. kimchees
  5. kimchi
  6. kimchi-jjigae
  7. kimchis
  8. Kimcote
  9. Kimcote and Walton
  10. Kimdom
  11. Kime

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