bukateria
n.— «In 1996, a lecturer in the department of food, science and technology and the proprietor of A la-carte, a restaurant in the new bukateria of the university, was gunned down by people suspected to be secret cult members.» —“Campus of Deaths” by Bamidele Adebayo in Lagos, Nigeria All Africa July 18, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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