Nachos

//ˈnætʃəʊz// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients. plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    plural of nacho form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Alternative form of naches. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Synonyms

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tortilla chip

Example

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"Tom ate the entire bag of nachos."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish nachos, from Nacho. Nacho is a common diminutive form of Ignacio (“Ignatius”) in Spanish. The Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya (1895–1975), named it after himself in 1943: Nacho's Especiales.

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