noun, adj — 7 senses
US /ˈmoʊkə/ · AU, UK /ˈmɒkə/
Etymology From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule. The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.
A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.
A flavour that combines coffee and chocolate.
A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
A strong Arabian coffee.
Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, many European species having dark brown coloration.
Historical An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
Etymology From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule. The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.
Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
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