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piroghi

piroghi is the alternative form of pirog.

Meaning of pirog

Noun

pirog (countable and uncountable, plural pirogs or pirogi or pirogen or pirogn)

  1. A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe.
    • On such a day it was the custom, some sixty years ago, to bake several immense pirogs of cake dough; one of these pirogs was stuffed with hard-boiled eggs and sometimes also with kasha, while the others had no fillings; it was these latter that were sent to various relatives as a sign of affection.1933, Nina Nikolaevna Selivanova, Dining & Wining in Old Russia, page 90

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Forms of piroghi

pluralpiroghis
pluralpiroghies
pluralpiroghi

Questions about piroghi

What is piroghi the alternative form of?
Piroghi is the alternative form of pirog.

Words near piroghi in the dictionary

  1. Piro
  2. piroctone
  3. piroctone olamine
  4. pirog
  5. pirogen
  6. piroghi
  7. piroghies
  8. piroghis
  9. pirogi
  10. pirogie
  11. pirogies

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