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baclava

baclava is the alternative form of baklava.

Meaning of baklava

Noun

baklava (countable and uncountable, plural baklavas or baklavalar)

  1. A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.
    • It meant lifting tea towels off trays in her Muslim neighbours’ kitchens to help herself to sticky triangles of baklava, half lemon slices pressed into the syrupy pastry filled with walnuts and raisins.2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 56

Forms of baclava

pluralbaclavas

Words that rhyme with baclava

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Questions about baclava

What is baclava the alternative form of?
Baclava is the alternative form of baklava.

Words near baclava in the dictionary

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