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aloo

  • /ˈæ.luː/
  • /ˈɑː.luː/

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From Hindustani آلو (ālo) / आलू (ālū), ultimately from Sanskrit आलु (ālu), said to mean the edible root of a variety of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius.

noun aloos · alu

  1. South Asia potato

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"aloo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aloo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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aloo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aloo

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"aloo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aloo.

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@misc{aloo_2026,
  title = {aloo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aloo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}