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Sounds like Chile, chile, chilli, chilly · Rhymes with -ɪli

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

US, countable The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. Capsicum—the dried ripe fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum—is also known as Chilly pepper, Chillies, Guinea, or pod pepper, and is chiefly brought from Zanzibar. The several varieties differ in shape and size, are of a red colour, and filled with numerous red-brown, pungent seeds.
US, uncountable Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
US, countable, uncountable A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

Sounds like Chile, chile, chilli, chilly · Rhymes with -ɪli

Ellipsis of chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”).

US, uncountable A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.
Cincinnati, US, uncountable Cincinnati chili.

alternative, historical, obsolete Alternative form of Chile.Chile CHILI, a province of ſouth America, bounded by Peru on the north, by the province of La Plata on the eaſt, by Patagonia on the ſouth, and by the Pacific ocean on the weſt... But ſome comprehend Patagonia in Chili, extending it to cape Horn...

Rhymes with -aɪlaɪ