HAKKA

Meaning of HAKKA in English

/ ˈhækə; NAmE / (also Kejia ) noun

[ U ] a form of Chinese spoken by a group of people in south-eastern China

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WORD ORIGIN

from Chinese ( Cantonese dialect) haàk ka stranger.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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ХАККА — Hakka
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