miraa

M3I1R1A1A1

noun

Khat.

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Meanings

nounmiraa (uncountable)
  1. AfricauncountableKhat.

    Now that people are no longer making money from miraa, they do not have money to buy food

    2015 June 27, Jacqueline Kubania, “How Britain's khat ban devastated an entire Kenyan town”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
khat

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Swahili miraa.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mariaARIMAamariamiraraami
Cite this entry
APA

miraa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miraa

MLA

“miraa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miraa. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miraa,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miraa.

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