miraa

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Swahili miraa.

Noun

miraa (uncountable)

1. (Africa) khat
   • 2015 June 27, Jacqueline Kubania, “How Britain's khat ban devastated an entire Kenyan town”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Now that people are no longer making money from miraa, they do not have money to buy food

Anagrams

• ARIMA, Amari, Amira, Maria, amari, amira, marai, maria

Swahili

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

miraa (m-mi class, plural only)

1. khat (leaves)

See also

• mrungi