Sushi

See also: sushi, sùshí, and sūshi

English

Noun

Sushi (plural Sushis)

1. (informal) A person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism
   • 2007, Francis X. Callahan, Does W Stand for Worst?: The Record of G.W. Bush - Page 160

     Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi

   • 2007, John Palattella, Reporting Iraq - Page 173

     ... particularly from the Sunnis you talked to, and the Shias were always angry. (Ali calls himself Sushi so it's kind of a mixture.)

   • 2010, Paul Wilson, Erasing Iraq: the human costs of carnage - Page 34

     Reality proved quite different. Ahmed is half Sunni, half Shia—a “Sushi,” in his own words

Anagrams

• Shius

German

Sushi

Alternative forms

• Suschi (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese すし (sushi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuːʃi/, /ˈsuːʃi/

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Noun

Sushi n (strong, genitive Sushis or Sushi, plural Sushis or Sushi)

1. sushi (Japanese dish)

Declension

Declension of Sushi [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sushi	die	Sushis, Sushi
genitive	eines	des	Sushis, Sushi	der	Sushis, Sushi
dative	einem	dem	Sushi	den	Sushis, Sushi
accusative	ein	das	Sushi	die	Sushis, Sushi

Further reading

• “Sushi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sushi” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sushi” in Duden online
• Sushi on the Vietnamese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^vi