"laksa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: laksas [plural]
Etymology: From Malay laksa. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ms|laksa}} Malay laksa Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} laksa (countable and uncountable, plural laksas)
  1. A spicy noodle stew from Indonesia or Malaysia. Wikipedia link: laksa Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Soups Translations (a spicy stew from Indonesia or Malaysia): لَاكْسَا (lāksā) [feminine] (Arabic), 叻沙 (la̍k-sá / lak-sa) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 叻沙 (lak⁶ saa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 喇沙 (lǎshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 叻沙 (lèshā) (Chinese Mandarin), laksa (Finnish), Laksa [feminine] (German), laksa (Indonesian), ラクサ (rakusa) (Japanese), 락사 (raksa) (Korean), laksa (Malay), ла́кса (láksa) [feminine] (Russian), laksa [feminine] (Spanish), ละก์ซา (lá-saa) (Thai)

Inflected forms

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