kakanin

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noun

Any of various dessert rice cakes.

OriginTagalog kakanin →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounkakanin (countable and uncountable, plural kakanins or kakanin)

plural kakanins

  1. PhilippinescountableuncountableAny of various dessert rice cakes.

Origin

  1. Tagalogkakanin
  2. Englishkakanin

Borrowed from Tagalog kakanin.

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APA

kakanin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kakanin

MLA

“kakanin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kakanin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kakanin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kakanin.

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