α. 1900s– metagee.
β. 1900s– metemgee Brit. 
/ˈmɛtəmdʒi/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəmdʒi/, Caribbean English /ˈmɛtɛmdʒi/.
metageen.
/ˈmɛtədʒiː/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌdʒi/, Caribbean English /ˈmɛtaˌdʒiː/ Originally Caribbean.
In Guyana: a thick stew containing vegetables, fish, salted meat, and coconut milk, and having a distinctive grey colour. Cf. sancocho n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > other prepared foods or dishes > [noun]
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β. 1957Metemgee [see α. ]. 1969 S. M. Sadeek Windswept & Other Stories 19 Their dishes!.. Pepperpot, and metemgee.1999 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 15 Metemgee—yams, cassava and plantains cooked in coconut milk and grated coconut.1957 Farmer's Food Man.: Recipe Bk. for West Indies xxiv. 204 British Guiana Metemgee or Metagee 1 lb. green plantain..1 small coconut [etc.].
1965 ‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest x. 132 The black people cooked their metagee.
1988 Sunday Star (Toronto) 3 Jan. c3/2 The metagee and fried casava.
1998 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 23 June 16 I realized that although Guyanese classics like metagee, bora, and hassar were lost in the rain forest, other Caribbean favourites were safe downtown.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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