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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
In Haiti, a small village or other compound built around a shared yard, or the family structure of those living in such a settlement..
“He promised to bring the president's wife to our lakou.”
Within the lakou, homes consist of wood-framed huts with thatch or corrugated-iron roofs. Furniture is minimal — a few chairs, a table, and some woven mats on which to sleep.
A lakou is a community space composed of houses populated by several generations of one family, surrounded by a circular garden.
Use lakou when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lakou means In Haiti, a small village or other compound built around a shared yard, or the family structure of those living in such a settlement..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“He promised to bring the president's wife to our lakou.”
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