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paella.

A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.

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Meaning & usage

noun/paɪˈ(j)ɛl(j)ə/UK/pɑːˈɛ.(l)(j)ə/UK/pɑːˈeɪ.(j)ə/US/paɪˈ(j)eɪ.(j)ə/US
  1. A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”), from Old French paelle, from Latin patella (“plate, small pan”). Doublet of patella and possibly pail.

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