chéchia
American
[sheysh-yah]
/ ˈʃeɪʃ jɑ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of chéchia
1905–10; < French < North African dialectal variant of Arabic shāshīyah, after Shāsh, city in Persia where it was once made
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