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umngqusho

umngqusho noun: a Bantu dish of maize and vegetables.

Noun

umngqusho (uncountable)

  1. A Bantu dish of maize and vegetables.
    • Research umngqusho, a South African dish and reportedly the favorite food of Nelson Mandela. Discuss the process of preparing umngqusho.2004, Wanda Cobb Finnen, Talking Drums: Reading and Writing with African American Stories, Spirituals, and Multimedia Resources, page 146
    • There are traditional dishes such as Mopani worms, mogodu or unbleached tripe; and umngqusho, which is braised beef shin with maize porridge, billed as former President Nelson Mandela's favourite dish.2009 August 13, Celean Jacobson, “Cultural heart of Jo'burg”, in Toronto Star

Origin of umngqusho

Borrowed from Xhosa úḿngqúsho.

Questions about umngqusho

What does umngqusho mean?
Umngqusho means a Bantu dish of maize and vegetables.
What part of speech is umngqusho?
Umngqusho is a noun.

Words near umngqusho in the dictionary

  1. ummed
  2. umming
  3. Ummon
  4. umms
  5. Umnak
  6. umngqusho
  7. umnini
  8. UMNO
  9. UMOC
  10. UMOCs
  11. umohoite

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