Variant spelling of alacha; a type of shad or herring found in Mediterranean and Black Sea waters.
An alternative spelling of alacha, reflecting different transliteration systems from Turkish and other Balkan languages into English. The -ah ending is common in romanized spellings from Middle Eastern and Turkish sources.
The spelling variations (alacha vs. alachah) show how the same fish got different English spellings depending on whether it came through Turkish, Russian, or Balkan trade documents!
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