How to pronounce burgoo
American English pronunciation
BUR-goo
- IPA
- /ˈbɝˌɡu/
- Syllables
- BUR · goo (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- bur-GOO
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What burgoo means
A thick, spicy Kentucky stew of meats and vegetables
In a sentence: At the Kentucky picnic, Uncle Ray stirred a huge kettle of burgoo all afternoon.
Where it comes from: No one is sure where it came from. It first named a sailors' porridge, and the name may come from an old word for yeast, an Arabic word for cracked wheat, or the French stew ragout.
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