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mielie

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈmiː.li/
  • rhymes with -iːli

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noun

Meaning 1

Maize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Afrikaans mielie, from Portuguese milho.