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kuri

kuri noun: the kitchen of a Zen monastery.

kuri: the kitchen of a Zen monastery
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Noun (1)

kuri

  1. The kitchen of a Zen monastery.

Noun (2)

kuri (plural kuris)

  1. An extinct, bushy-tailed, short-legged dog of New Zealand.
    Synonyms:
    Maori dog

Proper noun capitalized: Kuri

Kuri

  1. An Austronesian language of the Bomberai Peninsula of New Guinea.
    Synonyms:
    Nabi

Noun (3) capitalized: Kuri

Kuri pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An ethnic group of Chad.

Synonyms of kuri

Forms of kuri

pluralkuris
alternative formkurī

Origin of kuri

Borrowed from Japanese 庫裏.

Borrowed from Māori kurī.

Phrases with kuri

Questions about kuri

What does kuri mean?
Kuri means the kitchen of a Zen monastery.
What part of speech is kuri?
Kuri can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kuri?
The plural of kuri is kuris.

Words near kuri in the dictionary

  1. kurfuffle
  2. kurfuffles
  3. kurgan
  4. kurgans
  5. kurgantaite
  6. kuri
  7. Kuria
  8. Kuria Muria
  9. Kuriakose
  10. Kuriakoses
  11. Kurian

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