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JAMBALAYA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jambalaya mean?
• JAMBALAYA (noun)
The noun JAMBALAYA has 1 sense:
1. spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery
Familiarity information: JAMBALAYA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("jambalaya" is a kind of...):
dish (a particular item of prepared food)
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