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单词 colcannon
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colcannon

[ kuhl-kan-uhn, kawl-kan- ]
/ kəlˈkæn ən, ˈkɔl kæn- /

noun

an Irish dish made of cabbage, kale, or other greens, and potatoes boiled and mashed together.

Origin of colcannon

1765–75; <Irish cál ceannann, equivalent to cál (<Latin caulis cabbage) + ceann head + -ann, weak variant of fionn white

Words nearby colcannon

Colatina, colatitude, Colbath, Colbert, colby, colcannon, Colchester, colchicine, colchicum, Colchis, colcothar
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Example sentences from the Web for colcannon

  • Colcannon, kol-kan′on, n. an Irish dish, being a stew of pounded cabbage and potatoes with butter.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for colcannon

colcannon
/ (kəlˈkænən, ˈkɒlˌkænən) /

noun

a dish, originating in Ireland, of potatoes and cabbage or other greens boiled and mashed together

Word Origin for colcannon

C18: from Irish Gaelic cál ceannann, literally: white-headed cabbage
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
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