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carnitas.

A Mexican dish of strips or chunks of pork (or sometimes other meat) which are braised or roasted, especially in their own fat.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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noun/kɑɹ.ˈni.tɑs//kɑɹˈni.təz/
  1. A Mexican dish of strips or chunks of pork (or sometimes other meat) which are braised or roasted, especially in their own fat.

    plural-normally · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish carnitas, diminutive of carne (“meat”).

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