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In the years thereafter, pineapple juice, orange juice, and a dark rum float became commonly used in Mai Tais produced in Hawaii. [11] The name was allegedly taken from maitaʻi, the Tahitian word for "good" or "excellence", although the drink is usually spelled as two words, sometimes hyphenated or capitalized. [12] [13]
A Mai Tai is a cocktail made of rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. Mai Tai may also refer to: Mai Tai (band), Dutch group formed in 1983; American pro wrestler Afa Anoa'i Jr who used the ring name Mai Tai Anoa'i; Maitai, New Zealand, suburb of Nelson, New Zealand; Mai Tai Sing (1923–2018), American actress and businesswoman
The word orgeat (/ ɔːr ˈ ʒ ɑː, ˈ ɔːr dʒ i ə t, ˈ ɔːr ʒ ɒ t /) is derived from the Latin hordeaceus 'made with barley' through the French, where barley is called orge.The Catalan word orxata, from which derives the Spanish horchata, has the same origin, though today the two drinks have little else in common and neither of them uses barley.
One of the world's most popular cocktails also happens to be one of the most misunderstood. With a spirited history that dates back to the early 20th century, the Mai Tai is not the sugary, overly ...
from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl xocolatl meaning "hot water" or from a combination of the Mayan word chocol meaning "hot" and the Nahuatl word atl meaning "water." Choctaw from the native name Chahta of unknown meaning but also said to come from Spanish chato (="flattened") because of the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male infants.
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The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
The English word best known as being of Hungarian origin is probably paprika, from Serbo-Croatian papar "pepper" and the Hungarian diminutive -ka. The most common, however, is coach, from kocsi, originally kocsi szekér "car from/in the style of Kocs". Others are: shako, from csákó, from csákósüveg "peaked cap" sabre, from szablya