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ras el hanout

ras el hanout noun: a variable mixture of spices, found in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

ras el hanout: a variable mixture of spices, found in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco
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Noun

ras el hanout (uncountable)

  1. A variable mixture of spices, found in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Forms of ras el hanout

alternative formrass el hanout

Origin of ras el hanout

From Arabic رَأْس اَلْحَانُوت (raʔs al-ḥānūt, literally “head of the shop”).

Questions about ras el hanout

What does ras el hanout mean?
Ras el hanout means a variable mixture of spices, found in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
What part of speech is ras el hanout?
Ras el hanout is a noun.

Words near ras el hanout in the dictionary

  1. Ras al-Khaimah
  2. Ras al-Khayma
  3. Ras Algethi
  4. Ras Dashen
  5. Ras Dejen
  6. ras el hanout
  7. Ras Hafun
  8. ras malai
  9. Ras Shamra
  10. RAS syndrome
  11. Ras Tanura

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