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miraa

miraa noun: khat.

Noun

miraa (uncountable)

  1. (Africa) Khat.
    • Now that people are no longer making money from miraa, they do not have money to buy food2015 June 27, Jacqueline Kubania, “How Britain's khat ban devastated an entire Kenyan town”, in The Guardian

Origin of miraa

Unadapted borrowing from Swahili miraa.

Questions about miraa

What does miraa mean?
Miraa means khat.
What part of speech is miraa?
Miraa is a noun.

Words near miraa in the dictionary

  1. Mira Loma
  2. Mira Mesa
  3. Mira Monte
  4. Mira variable
  5. Mira variables
  6. miraa
  7. Mirab Soro
  8. Mirabal
  9. Mirabals
  10. mirabegron
  11. Mirabel

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