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lahoh

lahoh noun: a spongy, pancake-like bread originating in Djibouti, Somaliland, Somalia, and Yemen.

Noun

lahoh (uncountable)

  1. A spongy, pancake-like bread originating in Djibouti, Somaliland, Somalia, and Yemen.

Origin of lahoh

From Arabic لحوح (laḥūḥ), related to لَوْح (lawḥ, “board”), apparently in the sense of being a flat surface.

Questions about lahoh

What does lahoh mean?
Lahoh means a spongy, pancake-like bread originating in Djibouti, Somaliland, Somalia, and Yemen.
What part of speech is lahoh?
Lahoh is a noun.

Words near lahoh in the dictionary

  1. Lahndi
  2. lahnga
  3. lahngas
  4. Lahnstein
  5. lahnsteinite
  6. lahoh
  7. Lahontan
  8. LaHood
  9. lahoramine
  10. Lahore
  11. Lahore Division

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