TAMALE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Tamale mean? • TAMALE (noun)
The noun TAMALE has 2 senses:
1. a city in northern Ghana
2. corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
Familiarity information: TAMALE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TAMALE (noun)
Meaning:
A city in northern Ghana
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Tamale" is a part of...):
Ghana; Gold Coast; Republic of Ghana (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea)
Meaning:
Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("tamale" is a kind of...):
dish (a particular item of prepared food)
Domain region:
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
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