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pirana.

a certain Karelian thick porridge or porridge-like soup made of grain, legumes, beans and some other ingredients, such as meat and/or rutabaga

6 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpirɑnɑ/[ˈpirɑ̝nɑ̝]
  1. a certain Karelian thick porridge or porridge-like soup made of grain, legumes, beans and some other ingredients, such as meat and/or rutabaga

Where this word comes from

Possibly derived from Russian пир (pir, “feast”). Dialectal variants include pirona, pirena, pirama.

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