SHISHA

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

Noun

shisha (countable and uncountable, plural shishas)

(countable) An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.

Synonyms: hookah, hubbly bubbly, narghile

The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.

Synonym: maassel

(textiles) A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.

Synonym: mirrorwork

Anagrams

• Hashis, Shashi, Shiahs, shahis

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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