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pavlova.

A meringue dessert usually topped with fruit and cream.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pævˈləʊvə/Received-Pronunciation/pɛvˈlɐʉvə/New-Zealand/pævˈləʉvə/Australia/pævˈloʊvə/General-American
  1. A meringue dessert usually topped with fruit and cream.

    Australia · New-Zealand · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From the surname Pavlova, from Russian Па́влова (Pávlova), feminine form of Па́влов (Pávlov), named after Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881–1931). Australia/New Zealand from circa 1930. Both nations lay claim to origination of the dish and the name. According to research undertaken by the Oxford English Dictionary, however, the earliest known attestation for the term is from New Zealand in 1927.

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