/ ˈkʊskʊs; NAmE ; ˈkuːskuːs/ noun
[ U ] a type of N African food made from crushed wheat ; a dish of meat and/or vegetables with couscous
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from French , from Arabic kuskus , from kaskasa to pound, probably from Berber , a language spoken in North Africa.