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mocha

Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊkə/

The English word “mocha” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.
  2. A flavour that combines coffee and chocolate.
  3. A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
  4. A strong Arabian coffee.
  5. Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, many European species having dark brown coloration.
  6. An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.

adjective

  1. Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.

Etymology

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule. The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.

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