mocha
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mocha¹
- /ˈmoʊkə/ US
- /ˈmɒkə/ Australia, UK
Rhymes with -əʊkə, -ɒkə
Where it comes from
From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.
The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.
noun mochas
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A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.
"Can you hear the kitchen door being opened at this moment or detect the exact aroma of our host's mocha?" he demanded.
Similar: café mocha, caffè mocha, coffolate, mochaccino
- A flavour that combines coffee and chocolate. mocha fudge
- A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
- A strong Arabian coffee.
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, many European species having dark brown coloration.
- An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
adjective
- Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
Mocha²
proper noun Mokha · Mukha
- A village in Gujarat, India.
- A village in Madhya Pradesh, India.
- A city in Tungurahua Province, Ecuador.
- A city in Taiz Governorate, Yemen.
- A female given name.
- A surname.
- The name originally proposed for JavaScript.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cappuccino, moka, arabian, mochaccino, caffè mocha, coffolate, cocoa, chocolate, mocha bisque, coffee, marocchino, chocolate milk, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, mochatine, white coffee
Translations
Every language
noun coffee with chocolate
| Español | moca, moka |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 모카 moka |
| 日本語 | モカ moka, カフェモカ kafe moka |
| 中文 | 摩卡 mókǎ |
| हिन्दी | मोका mokaa |
| Português | moca |
| Français | moka |
| Deutsch | Mokka |
| Italiano | moca, moka |
| Română | moca |
| Русский | мо́кко mókko |
| العربية | مُوكَا mūkā |
noun colour
| 中文 | 摩卡色 mókǎsè |
|---|
adj of a brown colour
| 中文 | 摩卡味的 mókǎwèi de |
|---|
name city in Ecuador
| Español | Mocha |
|---|
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title = {mocha},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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