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singkamas

singkamas noun: synonym of jicama.

Noun

singkamas (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) Synonym of jicama.
    • If all of the 35 kinds could have been handled by one stand, the average sales for the year would have amounted to P2,904; sales from boiled green corn, singkamas, lanzones, Carabao mango, pineapple, and watermelon would have represented more than two-thirds of the total.1952, The Philippine Agriculturist, volume 36, page 199
    • Harvesting of peanuts, singkamas, onions, caimito and root crops still underway.1960, Philippines. Weather Bureau, Annual Climatological Review
    Synonyms:
    jicama

Proper noun capitalized: Singkamas

Singkamas

  1. A barangay of Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Synonyms of singkamas

Forms of singkamas

alternative Philippines (obsolete)sincamas
alternative Philippines (obsolete)sincama

Origin of singkamas

Borrowed from Tagalog singkamas, from Philippine Spanish síncamas, from Early Modern Spanish jícamas, plural of jícama; from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.

Questions about singkamas

What does singkamas mean?
Singkamas means synonym of jicama.
What part of speech is singkamas?
Singkamas can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near singkamas in the dictionary

  1. singingly
  2. singingness
  3. singings
  4. singjay
  5. singju
  6. singkamas
  7. Singkapor
  8. Singkarpor
  9. Singkawang
  10. singkek
  11. Singkiang

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