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jacal

ja·cal [ hə kl ] (plural ja·cals)


noun 
Definition:
 
Hispanic thatched hut of SW United States: in the southwestern United States and Mexico, a thatched hut that has walls made of stakes driven into the ground and daubed with mud

[Mid-19th century. Via Mexican Spanish< Nahuatl xacalli, contraction of xamitl calli "adobe house"]
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