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broa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
broa
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese broa, possibly of Germanic origin (a doublet of bread).

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

broas (plural)

Questions

What does broa mean?
A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.
Where does broa come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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