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kuskus.

couscous

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkuskus/[ˈkus̠kus̠]
  1. couscous

Where this word comes from

From French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from a Berber language.

noun/ˈkuskus/[ˈkus̠kus̠]
  1. phalanger, cuscus (marsupial of the family Phalangeridae)

Where this word comes from

From English cuscus, ultimately from one of the languages spoken in New Guinea.

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