Okra

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early 18th century: a West African word, perhaps from the root nkru ; compare with nkran, the name of the town Europeanized as Accra.

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From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀ but cf. Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra(“ broth”).

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okra (n.)

vegetable cultivated in the East and West Indies and southern U.S., 1670s, from a West African language (compare Akan nkruma "okra").