[ mə'kasə ]
(also ~ oil )
■ noun a kind of oil formerly used by men to make their hair shine and lie flat.
Origin
C17: from Makassar (now Ujung Pandang) in Indonesia.
MACASSAR
Meaning of MACASSAR in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004