miraa
English
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Swahili miraa.
Noun
editmiraa (uncountable)
- (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
editSwahili
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editmiraa (m-mi class, plural only)
- khat (leaves)
See also
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- en:Staff vine family plants
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- Swahili pluralia tantum
- sw:Recreational drugs
- sw:Plants