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How to say fish in Nepali

Fish

Fresh river fish from a Pokhara market
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माछा

Māchhā

Pronunciation: mah-chha

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Both the animal and the dish. Phewa Lake serves grilled rainbow trout to tourists; Newari communities prize sukuti (dried fish).

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