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Mu⋅kha

[moo-kah]
–noun
Mocha.

mo⋅cha

[moh-kuh]
–noun
1. (initial capital letter) Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea. 25,000.
2. a choice variety of coffee, originally grown in Arabia.
3. a flavoring obtained from a coffee infusion or a combined infusion of chocolate and coffee.
4. a brownish chocolate color.
5. a glove leather, finer and thinner than doeskin, the best grades of which are made from Arabian goatskins.

Origin:
1765–75 for def. 2
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mocha 
1733, from Mocha, Red Sea port of Yemen, from which coffee was exported. Meaning "mixture of coffee and chocolate" first recorded 1849. As a shade of dark brown, it is attested from 1895.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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