how to pronounce hookah

/ˈhʊk.ə/

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hookah is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hookah in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… concerns over hookah uses shown that an …”

meanings of hookah

noun:

A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.

hookah frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hookah occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hookah can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hookah can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;