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mocha

 
Dictionary: mo·cha   (') pronunciation
n.
  1. A rich pungent Arabian coffee.
  2. Coffee of high quality.
  3. A coffee beverage flavored with milk, sugar, and cocoa.
  4. A flavoring made of coffee mixed with chocolate.
  5. A soft, thin, suede-finished glove leather usually made from sheepskin.
  6. A dark olive brown.

[After Mocha, a town of southwest Yemen.]

mocha mo'cha adj.

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1. Variety of arabica coffee.

2. Flavoured with coffee.

3. In the USA a combination of coffee and chocolate flavouring. See also mocca.

[MOH-kah] 1. Originally the word "mocha" referred only to a very fine coffee grown in Arabia and shipped from Yemen's port of Mocha. Today, this strong, slightly bitter coffee is still available but not as popular as it was in the 16th and 17th centuries. 2. A hot coffee-and-chocolate beverage. This flavor combination is also used in desserts, icings, candies and sweet sauces. See also café mocha.

 
Mocha ('), town (1990 est. pop. 2,000), S Yemen, a port on the Red Sea. It was noted for the export of the coffee to which it gave its name but declined as a trading port in the late 19th cent. with the rise of Hodeida and Aden.


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  • A coffee shop chain in India

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mokka (kaffe

Nederlands (Dutch)
mokka, mokkakoffie, mochaleer

Français (French)
n. - moka, arôme de café et de chocolat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mokka

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καφές) μόκα

Italiano (Italian)
caffè moca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tipo de café (m)

Русский (Russian)
кофе мокко, кофе

Español (Spanish)
n. - moca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mocka(kaffe), mocka(skinn), mockasten

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
穆哈咖啡

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 摩卡咖啡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 모카 커피, 커피색

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - モカコーヒー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بن يمني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוקה (קפה), עור רך המופק מעורות כבשים‬


 
 

 

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