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pastilla

pastilla noun: a Moroccan meat pie, usually of pigeon.

pastilla: a Moroccan meat pie, usually of pigeon
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Noun

pastilla (countable and uncountable, plural pastillas)

  1. A Moroccan meat pie, usually of pigeon.
    • The lower (right-hand) fork is the Talaa Seghira, or Rue du Petit Talaa, a street which begins with a handful of small foodstalls where you can buy chunks of pastilla – the great Fassi delicacy of pigeon-pie; […]1988, Mark Ellingham, Shaun McVeigh, The Rough Guide to Morocco (The Rough Guides), London: Harrap-Columbus, →ISBN, page 148

Forms of pastilla

pluralpastillas
alternative formb'steeya
alternative formbisteeya

Origin of pastilla

From Spanish pastilla. Doublet of pastegh, pastel, pastiglia, pastila, and pastille.

Questions about pastilla

What does pastilla mean?
Pastilla means a Moroccan meat pie, usually of pigeon.
What part of speech is pastilla?
Pastilla is a noun.
What is the plural of pastilla?
The plural of pastilla is pastillas.

Words near pastilla in the dictionary

  1. pastiglia
  2. pastil
  3. pastila
  4. pastile
  5. pastiles
  6. pastilla
  7. pastillage
  8. pastillas
  9. pastillation
  10. pastillator
  11. pastillators

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