soup joumou
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mildly spiced pumpkin soup originating in Haiti and traditionally consumed on New Year's Day to mark Haitian independence.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Kitchens turn out gallons of soup joumou, a pumpkin soup once enjoyed only by rich French merchants and planters, but claimed as their own by former slaves after independence."
- "In her right hand she holds the cup of soup joumou."
- "Most Haitians eat soup joumou on the first of the year, on the anniversary of Haitian Independence Day."