KALIAN

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

Adjective

kalian (comparative more kalian, superlative most kalian)

(mineralogy) Describing minerals containing potassium

Synonyms

• potassian

Etymology 2

Noun

kalian (plural kalians)

A hookah.

Anagrams

• Kalina, kai-lan, kailan

Source: Wiktionary



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