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koliva

/ˈkɒlɪvə/

koliva noun: a dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.

koliva: a dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern...
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Noun

koliva (uncountable)

  1. A dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.

Forms of koliva

alternative formkolliva
alternative formkollyba
alternative formkollyva
alternative formkolyva

Origin of koliva

From Ancient Greek κόλλυβα (kólluba, “small cakes”), from κόλλυβος (kóllubos, “small coin”).

Questions about koliva

What does koliva mean?
Koliva means a dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.
What part of speech is koliva?
Koliva is a noun.
How do you pronounce koliva?
Koliva is pronounced /ˈkɒlɪvə/.

Words near koliva in the dictionary

  1. kolinski
  2. kolinskies
  3. kolinskis
  4. kolinsky
  5. Kolis
  6. koliva
  7. koliwada
  8. koliwadas
  9. kolk
  10. Kolkata
  11. Kolkatan

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