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sambusa

sambusa is the alternative spelling of sambuusa.

Meaning of sambuusa

Noun

sambuusa (plural sambuusas)

  1. A Somali snack similar to a samosa.
    • There are influences from across the Arabian Sea, as with sambuusas, triangles of dough sealed around cumin-laced ground beef or chicken, distant kin to Indian samosas.2015 October 1, Ligaya Mishan, “Safari Brings Somali Cuisine to Harlem”, in New York Times

Forms of sambusa

pluralsambusas

Questions about sambusa

What is sambusa the alternative spelling of?
Sambusa is the alternative spelling of sambuusa.

Words near sambusa in the dictionary

  1. sambuqs
  2. sambur
  3. samburs
  4. Samburu
  5. Samburus
  6. sambusa
  7. sambusak
  8. sambusaks
  9. sambusas
  10. sambuseh
  11. sambusehs

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