What is a synonym for "huarache"?

Common synonyms include: huaraches, sandal, thong sandal.

Huarache

/wəˈrɑːtʃi/ noun

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Noun

1
A Mexican sandal.
"My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night."
2
a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps wordnet
3
A food similar in shape to such a sandal, consisting of a fried masa dough base with a topping, typically salsa, potato, meat, or cheese.
"They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas."

"My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night."

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish huarache, guarache, from Purepecha kwarachi (“sandal”).