mocha
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic المخا (al-Mukhā), due to its being 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.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
mocha (countable and uncountable; plural mochas)
- (countable) A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof; a caffè mocha.
- A strong Arabian coffee
- A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour
- A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
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mocha colour:
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- An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
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Translations [edit]
coffee
Adjective [edit]
mocha (not comparable)
- Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
Translations [edit]
Of a brown colour
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