hopia
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Philippines/ˈhɔp.jɐ/
hopia noun: a flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.).
Noun
hopia (plural hopias)
- A flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.)
hopia meaning in Tagalog and Indonesian
hopia in Tagalog
- an Indonesian and Philippine bean-filled pastry
- hopya
hopia in Indonesian
- an Indonesian and Philippine bean-filled pastry
- bakpia
Forms of hopia
| plural | hopias |
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Origin of hopia
Borrowed from Tagalog hopia, from Spanish hopia, from Hokkien, possibly 好餅 /好饼 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948). See also Early Manila Hokkien 香餅 /香饼 (hioⁿ-piáⁿ, literally “fragrant pastry”), Indonesian bakpia. Compare Cebuano hopya.
Words formed from hopia
- black mongo hopia
- brownie hopia
- cheese hopia
- chinese hopia
- chocolate fudge hopia
- condol hopia
- custard hopia
- dice hopia
- hopia combi
- hopia dice mongo
- hopia dice ube
- hopia mochaccino
- hopia red mongo
- Japanese hopia
- macapuno hopia
- macapuno pandan hopia
- mongo hopia
- pork hopia
- ube hopia
Questions about hopia
- What does hopia mean?
- Hopia means a flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.).
- What is hopia in Tagalog?
- Hopia in Tagalog is hopya. See Hopia meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is hopia?
- Hopia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hopia?
- Hopia is pronounced /ˈhɔp.jɐ/ (Philippines).
- What is the plural of hopia?
- The plural of hopia is hopias.
Words near hopia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hopia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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