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yassa

yassa noun: a spicy Senegalese dish of marinated meat poultry, fish, or lamb with onions, lemon, or mustard.

yassa: a spicy Senegalese dish of marinated meat poultry, fish, or lamb with onions, lemon, or mustard
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Noun

yassa (uncountable)

  1. A spicy Senegalese dish of marinated meat poultry, fish, or lamb with onions, lemon, or mustard.

Proper noun capitalized: Yassa

Yassa

  1. The unpublished legal code attributed to Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol empire.

Origin of yassa

Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ (ǰasaɣ, “rule, statute”).

Questions about yassa

What does yassa mean?
Yassa means a spicy Senegalese dish of marinated meat poultry, fish, or lamb with onions, lemon, or mustard.
What part of speech is yassa?
Yassa can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near yassa in the dictionary

  1. Yasodhara
  2. Yasothon
  3. yass
  4. Yass River
  5. Yass Valley
  6. yassa
  7. Yassenoff
  8. yassification
  9. yassifications
  10. yassified
  11. yassifies

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