CHICHA

hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, chicha, calean, kalian, water pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly

(noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; “a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

chicha (countable and uncountable, plural chichas)

A fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.

Etymology 2

Noun

chicha (uncountable)

(music genre) A genre of popular Peruvian music related to cumbia and native Peruvian huayno.

Anagrams

• Chachi

Source: Wiktionary


Chi"cha, n. Etym: [Sp.]

Definition: See Chica.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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