/ˈmoʊkə/, /ˈmɒkə/
OriginFrom Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.
The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.
- countableA coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.
- countable, uncountableA flavour that combines coffee and chocolate.
“mocha fudge”
“mocha brownies”
- countable, uncountableA dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
- countable, uncountableA strong Arabian coffee.
- countable, uncountableAny of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, many European species having dark brown coloration.
- countable, historical, uncountableAn Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
- not-comparableOf a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
- A village in Gujarat, India.
- A village in Madhya Pradesh, India.
- A city in Tungurahua Province, Ecuador.
- A city in Taiz Governorate, Yemen.
- A female given name.
- A surname.
- The name originally proposed for JavaScript.
Formsmochas(plural) · Mokha(alternative) · Mukha(alternative)