What is another word for Chicha?

Pronunciation: [t͡ʃˈɪt͡ʃə] (IPA)

Chicha is a traditional fermented beverage that originated in Central and South America. It is made using various ingredients such as corn, cassava, and fruits like pineapple or even cactus. Due to the drink's popularity, and the wide range of ingredients used to make it, there are many different terms used to describe it. Some possible synonyms for chicha include Tiswin (Apache), Tejuino (Mexico), Masato (Peru), Cauim (Brazil), and Atole de Piña (Honduras). All these synonyms describe a similar drink, though they may vary in terms of the specific ingredients used and the preparation methods employed. Regardless of what it's called, chicha remains a beloved and traditional drink across many cultures.

Synonyms for Chicha:

What are the hypernyms for Chicha?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    alcoholic beverage, home brew, non-alcoholic beverage, fermented beverage, Latin American beverage, maize-based beverage, traditional beverage.

Usage examples for Chicha

One day when they had been at work, on returning to their hut, they found in it some small loaves of bread, and a jar of Chicha, which is the beverage used in this country in place of wine, made of boiled maize.
"History of the Incas"
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
They led me into a large room with a flat roof that was being hastily prepared for me by the hanging of beautiful broideries on the walls, and sat me on a carven stool, where presently Quilla and other ladies brought me food and a kind of intoxicating drink which they called Chicha, that after so many months of water drinking I found cheering and pleasant to the taste.
"The Virgin of the Sun"
H. R. Haggard
Seeing by the numerous gourds scattered around that they were drinking Chicha, I solicited some, being anxious to taste the beverage which had been used so many centuries before by the old Incas.
"Through Five Republics on Horseback"
G. Whitfield Ray

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