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rockahominy

rockahominy noun: parched cornmeal.

Noun

rockahominy (uncountable)

  1. (US, regional) Parched cornmeal.

Origin of rockahominy

From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian") rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”), listed in William Strachey's vocabulary of Powhatan. Compare hominy.

Questions about rockahominy

What does rockahominy mean?
Rockahominy means parched cornmeal.
What part of speech is rockahominy?
Rockahominy is a noun.

Words near rockahominy in the dictionary

  1. rockabying
  2. rockabys
  3. rockadelic
  4. rockahomine
  5. rockahominie
  6. rockahominy
  7. rockair
  8. rockaire
  9. rockaires
  10. rockairs
  11. Rockall

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