feijoada

noun

fei·​jo·​a·​da

ˌfāzhəˈwät͟hə

plural -s

: a thick stew that is made of black beans and preferably fatty meat (as sausage) with vegetables and that is popular in Brazil and some other South American countries

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese, from feijão bean, from Latin phaseolus kidney bean

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Rhymes for feijoada

• arthropoda
• intifada
• theravada
• armada
• entrada
• espada
• hamada
• jornada
• kannada
• posada
• quebrada
• ramada