Pozole is my favorite Mexican soup; both the pork and the hominy are delicious.
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Hominy
//ˈhɒmɪni//
Synonyms for "hominy" (3 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 13 languages.
Aymara
1 entries- mut'i noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Bulgarian
1 entries- качамак noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Chamorro
1 entries- eskommi (CNMI) noun (a food made from hulled maize)
French
1 entries- maïs lessivé noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Indonesian
1 entries- homini noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Mopan Maya
1 entries- k'u'um noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Navajo
1 entries- bił haʼnigáhí noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Ojibwe
1 entries- gijikonayezigan noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Polish
1 entries- mamałyga noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Quechua
1 entries- mut'i noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Spanish
4 entries- nesquisa noun (a food made from hulled maize)
- nesquiza noun (a food made from hulled maize)
- nishtamal noun (a food made from hulled maize)
- nistamal (Mesoamerica) noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Tagalog
1 entries- lagkitan noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Unami
1 entries- pxiskteyo noun (a food made from hulled maize)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Then his plate was put before him: hominy grits and a scrap of bacon. He wanted to cry, like a child: ‘But, Mama, it's my birthday!’
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