How to pronounce colcannon
American English pronunciation
kol-KAN-un
- IPA
- /kɑlˈkænən/
- Syllables
- kol · KAN · un (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What colcannon means
An Irish dish of mashed potato mixed with cabbage
In a sentence: On a cold night, we ate bowls of buttery colcannon flecked with green cabbage.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Irish words cál ceannann; cál means cabbage.
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