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.
wiktionary
From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀ but cf. Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra(“ broth”).
etymonline
okra (n.)
vegetable cultivated in the East and West Indies and southern U.S., 1670s, from a West African language (compare Akan nkruma "okra").
