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Definition of exotica noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

exotica

noun
 
/ɪɡˈzɒtɪkə/
 
/ɪɡˈzɑːtɪkə/
[uncountable]
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  1. unusual and exciting things, especially from other countries
    • a sale of antiques and exotica
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin, neuter plural of exoticus, from Greek exōtikos ‘foreign’, from exō ‘outside’.
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