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nou·gat
(no͞o′gət)n.
A confection made from a sugar or honey paste into which nuts are mixed.
[French, from Provençal, from nougo, nut, from Old Provençal noga, from Vulgar Latin *nuca, from Latin nux, nuc-, nut.]
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nougat
(ˈnuːɡɑː; ˈnʌɡət)n
(Cookery) a hard chewy pink or white sweet containing chopped nuts, cherries, etc
[C19: via French from Provençal nogat, from noga nut, from Latin nux nut]
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nou•gat
(ˈnu gət; esp. Brit. -gɑ)n.
a candy containing nuts and sometimes fruit in a sugar or honey paste.
[1820–30; < French < Occitan, < noug(a) nut (< Vulgar Latin *nuca, for Latin nux (s. nuc-) nut)]
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نوغَه: حلوى من السّكَّر والفُسْتُق
nugát
nougat
nougat
núggat
nuga
nuga, salda riekstu masa
nugat
nougat
koz helvası
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nougat
(ˈnagət) , (ˈnuːgaː) noun a sticky kind of sweet containing nuts etc.
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