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afelia

afelia noun: a Cypriot dish consisting of pork marinated and cooked in red wine with coarsely crushed coriander seed.

Noun

afelia (uncountable)

  1. A Cypriot dish consisting of pork marinated and cooked in red wine with coarsely crushed coriander seed
    • The menu ticks off plenty of Greek and Cypriot classics, from mezze platters groaning with dolmathes, falafel, houmous and melintzanosalata to more localised specialities such as afelia, a pork shoulder stew simmered with red wine, crushed coriander seeds, cumin and cinnamon, and served with...2020 February 16, Emily Heward, “The A to Z of restaurants from around the world in Manchester”, in Manchester Evening News

Origin of afelia

From Greek αφέλια (afélia).

Questions about afelia

What does afelia mean?
Afelia means a Cypriot dish consisting of pork marinated and cooked in red wine with coarsely crushed coriander seed.
What part of speech is afelia?
Afelia is a noun.

Words near afelia in the dictionary

  1. afears
  2. afebrile
  3. Afeefa
  4. afeerd
  5. afegostat
  6. afelia
  7. afelimomab
  8. Afemai
  9. Afenmai
  10. Aferdita
  11. afernan

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