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Mealie
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
the South African name for Indian corn or maize. The word as spelled represents the pronunciation of the Cape Dutch milje, an adaptation of milho (da India), the millet of India, the Portuguese name for millet, used in South Africa for maize.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mealie'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mealie.html. 1910.