laksa
/ (ˈlæksa) /
noun
(in Malaysia) a dish of Chinese origin consisting of rice noodles served in curry or hot soup
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Word Origin for laksa
from Malay: ten thousand
Words nearby laksa
lakewood, lakh, laki-lorand factor, lakin, lakmé, laksa, lakshadweep, lakshadweep islands, lakshmi, laky, lala
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Example sentences from the Web for laksa
Tens of thousands (laksa) are the highest class of numbers the Malay language has a name for.
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