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Nargile

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Nargileh, the Persian and Turkish name for a "hookah," a tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube for stem passing through a vessel containing water, often perfumed. This bowl was originally made of a coco-nut (Persian nargil), whence the name, but now glass, metal or porcelain, are also used.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Nargile'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​n/nargile.html. 1910.
 
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