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kiviak

kiviak noun: in Greenland, traditional food made from fermented raw auk flesh stuffed inside a hollowed-out seal's body.

Noun

kiviak (uncountable)

  1. In Greenland, traditional food made from fermented raw auk flesh stuffed inside a hollowed-out seal's body.

Forms of kiviak

alternative formkiviaq

Origin of kiviak

From Greenlandic [Term?].

Questions about kiviak

What does kiviak mean?
Kiviak means in Greenland, traditional food made from fermented raw auk flesh stuffed inside a hollowed-out seal's body.
What part of speech is kiviak?
Kiviak is a noun.

Words near kiviak in the dictionary

  1. kives
  2. Kiveton Park
  3. Kivett
  4. Kivetts
  5. Kivi
  6. kiviak
  7. kiviaq
  8. Kiviat
  9. Kiviat diagram
  10. Kiviat diagrams
  11. kivikivi

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