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Meaning of mielie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmiː.li

Definitions

Maize.

South-Africa, countable, uncountable

Examples

“"Throughout most of the country, however, South African cuisine relies on meat and mielies. Many South Africans, black and white, would cheerfully go through their lives eating little else. Up to half the arable land in South Africa is planted with maize, which was grown by tribes across Southern African long before the colonists arrived. https://web.archive.org/web/20060720101224/http://www.southafrica.info/plan_trip/holiday/food_wine/920091.htm”

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