akara

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/ˈæk.əɹ.ə//-ɑɹ-//-ɑ/

noun

A bean cake, made of fried black-eyed pea flour.

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akara ball
OriginYoruba àkàrà →
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Meanings

nounakara (plural akara)
  1. NigeriaA bean cake, made of fried black-eyed pea flour.

    Why are you buying akara that you don't want?

    2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah, Anchor Books (2014), page 547

    Synonyms: akara ball

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bean cake, made of fried black-eyed pea flour.

Similar
akara ball
Also see
akara ball

Origin

  1. Yorubaàkàrà
  2. Englishakara

Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà. Doublet of accra.

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Chicago

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