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shiro.

A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad-bean meal.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad-bean meal.

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Where this word comes from

Possibly from Amharic or Tigrinya ሺሮ (širo, “chickpea flour”)

noun
  1. A mass of hyphae constituting the mycelium of certain fungi.

Where this word comes from

Of Japanese origin, either 城 (shiro, “castle”) or 白 (shiro, “white”) (see quotation below).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.