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mocha
/ˈmoʊkə/
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What does mocha mean?
noun
- 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.
More meanings (11)
noun
- 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.
adjective
- Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
proper noun
- A village in Gujarat, India.
- A village in Madhya Pradesh, India.
- A city in Tungurahua Province, Ecuador.
- A city in Taiz Governorate, Yemen.
- A female given name.
- A surname.
- The name originally proposed for JavaScript.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmoʊkə/
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Needless to say, he called Jeff’s teacher “Java,” and sometimes “Mocha,” or plain “Coffee”; when specially mischievous, “Chicory,” and even “Postum.”
Meanwhile the “Mongolia” was pushing forward rapidly; on the 13th, Mocha, surrounded by its ruined walls whereon date-trees were growing, was sighted, and on the mountains beyond were espied vast coffee-fields.
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We continuing our course, fell the 29th of November with an island called La Mocha, where we cast anchor; and our General, hoisting out our boat, went with ten of our company to shore.
Bruise five ounces of freshly roasted Mocha coffee, and add it to three-quarters of a pint of boiling cream; cover the saucepan, let it simmer for twenty minutes, then pass through a bit of fine muslin.
The vapor of the broiled fish arose like incense from the shrine of a barbarian idol, while the fragrance of the Mocha might have gratified the nostrils of a tutelary Lar, or whatever power has scope over a modern breakfast-table.