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shisha

British

/ ˈʃiːʃə /

noun

another name for hookah

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of shisha

C21: from Persian shishe a bottle

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Arcaded buildings glowed as friends gathered over shisha, families strolled with children and couples lingered over coffee.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Next to the targeted warehouse where, according to the owner, they keep cars, there’s a big market selling shisha and coals for the shisha.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2024

He said they met numerous times - in hotels, restaurants and shisha lounges.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2023

Mr. Al Misned welcomed a photographer and me at one of the houses on the property, and then drove us on a tour of the estate, which also includes a shisha lounge and a gym.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2022

Now when the legal period of mourning was over, there came to Raishu, from the Tokoyo palace, a shisha, or royal messenger.

From Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Hearn, Lafcadio

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