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sambuusas

sambuusas is the plural 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

Questions about sambuusas

What is sambuusas the plural of?
Sambuusas is the plural of sambuusa.

Words near sambuusas in the dictionary

  1. sambusaks
  2. sambusas
  3. sambuseh
  4. sambusehs
  5. sambuusa
  6. sambuusas
  7. Samdrup Jongkhar
  8. Samdrupjongkhar
  9. same
  10. same boat
  11. same day lay

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