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momo

Today it means: A type of dumpling, typical of the cuisines of Nepal, Ladakh, and Tibet and also regionally popular elsewhere in Asia, made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables, or cheese. Full definition →

Tibetan མོག་མོག

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momo · noun¹

Tibetan · borrowed fromམོག་མོག
English todaymomo

From Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), from Mandarin 饃饃／馍馍 (mómo).

momo · noun²

Clipping and reduplication of moron.

Momo · proper noun³

Japanese · borrowed fromもも
English todayMomo

Borrowed from Japanese もも (Momo).

Momo · proper noun⁴

Reduplication of Mo, a diminutive of Mohammed.

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