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shiro¹

Where it comes from

Possibly from Amharic or Tigrinya ሺሮ (širo, “chickpea flour”)

noun

  1. uncountable A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad-bean meal.

shiro²

Where it comes from

Of Japanese origin, either 城 (shiro, “castle”) or 白 (shiro, “white”) (see quotation below).

noun shiros

  1. A mass of hyphae constituting the mycelium of certain fungi. Another commonly used Japanese term in matsutake literature is "shiro". As a Japanese noun, it means castle or domain (fruiting place) of a mushroom. As an adjective, it means white. More specifically, a shiro is the dense mat of fungal filaments ("hyphae" or collectively "mycelium") that matsutake

Shiro³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese しろう (Shirō).

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Japanese.

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

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

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

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@misc{shiro_2026,
  title = {shiro},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shiro},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}