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Meaning of koliva | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkɒlɪvə

Definitions

A dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.

uncountable

Equivalents

Български коливо
Bosanski koljivo žito жито кољиво
Ελληνικά κόλλυβα
Hrvatski koljivo žito жито кољиво
Italiano colva
Македонски блудец коливо
Polski kutia
Română colivă
Српски koljivo žito жито кољиво
Українська кутя́

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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