What does "chicha" mean?

A fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.

What is a synonym for "chicha"?

Common synonyms include: calean, hookah, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian.

Pronounced //ˈt͡ʃiːt͡ʃə//.

//ˈt͡ʃiːt͡ʃə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples. countable, uncountable
2
A genre of popular Peruvian music related to cumbia and native Peruvian huayno. uncountable
3
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water wordnet

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab (“corn”).

Etymology 2

From a popular song entitled La Chichera (“the chicha seller”), referring to the fermented beverage.

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