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CRIOLLO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cocoa of superior quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("criollo" is a kind of...):

cocoa (powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)

Example:

Mexico is a country of mestizos, criollos, and indigenes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("criollo" is a kind of...):

Hispanic; Hispanic American; Spanish American (an American whose first language is Spanish)

Domain region:

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

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