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frasila

Today it means: A unit of weight, about 35 pounds, once used in trade with Africa. Full definition →

Swahili frasila

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Swahili · borrowed fromfrasila
English todayfrasila

Probably from Swahili frasila (q.v.); for more, see farasola, farasula.

Words from the same roots

Swahilifrasila all →

farasola

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