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nsima

nsima is the alternative form of nshima.

Meaning of nshima

Noun

nshima (uncountable)

  1. A staple food in parts of Africa, a kind of porridge made from ground maize or sorghum flour.
    Synonyms:
    pap, posho, sadza, ugali

Questions about nsima

What is nsima the alternative form of?
Nsima is the alternative form of nshima.

Words near nsima in the dictionary

  1. nshima
  2. NSI
  3. nsibidi
  4. nsibiri
  5. NSIC
  6. nsima
  7. NSIP
  8. NSIPs
  9. NSIS
  10. NSL
  11. NSLP

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nsima (page history and authors); nshima (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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