DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
potlatch
/'pɑtlætʃ/ · pɑtlætʃ
Potlatch has 2 syllables: pot · latch.
pot
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latch
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noun. A ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment).
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