"chacha" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chachas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ka|ჭაჭა}} Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chacha (countable and uncountable, plural chachas)
  1. A traditional Georgian clear strong liquor distilled from pomace. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Distilled beverages Synonyms: Georgian brandy, Georgian vodka, grape vodka, vine vodka Translations (Georgian grape vodka): ճաճա (čača) (Armenian), чача (čača) [feminine] (Belarusian), chacha (Finnish), chacha (Galician), ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a) (Georgian), Tschatscha [feminine] (German), czacza [feminine] (Polish), ча́ча (čáča) [feminine] (Russian), чача (čača) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: chachas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chacha (plural chachas)
  1. (music) A type of cylindrical metal rattle, derived from an instrument in the Haitian musical tradition, and used to play rhythm in certain Cuban genres (and in other nearby countries). Categories (topical): Music, Male family members, Percussion instruments
    Sense id: en-chacha-en-noun-dYTCmdc- Disambiguation of Male family members: 30 47 23 Disambiguation of Percussion instruments: 10 85 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 55 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 3 13 2 2 31 4 38 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 11 1 1 35 2 43 4 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: chachas [plural]
Etymology: From Hindi चाचा (cācā). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|चाचा}} Hindi चाचा (cācā) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chacha (plural chachas)
  1. (India) An uncle, especially one's father's younger brother. Tags: India
    Sense id: en-chacha-en-noun-hF7rLCR0 Categories (other): Indian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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