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potica

/poʊˈti.tsə/

potica noun: a cake or bread filled with (ground) nuts, popular in Slovenia and in Croatia. (In particular, the Slovene variant of this pastry, in contrast to the Croatian variant, termed a povitica.).

potica: a cake or bread filled with (ground) nuts, popular in Slovenia and in Croatia. (In particular, the...
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Noun

potica (plural poticas)

  1. A cake or bread filled with (ground) nuts, popular in Slovenia and in Croatia. (In particular, the Slovene variant of this pastry, in contrast to the Croatian variant, termed a povitica.)
    Synonyms:
    povitica

Synonyms of potica

Forms of potica

pluralpoticas

Origin of potica

Probably from Slovene.

Questions about potica

What does potica mean?
Potica means a cake or bread filled with (ground) nuts, popular in Slovenia and in Croatia. (In particular, the Slovene variant of this pastry, in contrast to the Croatian variant, termed a povitica.).
What part of speech is potica?
Potica is a noun.
How do you pronounce potica?
Potica is pronounced /poʊˈti.tsə/.
What is the plural of potica?
The plural of potica is poticas.

Words near potica in the dictionary

  1. pothunters
  2. pothunting
  3. pothunts
  4. Pothwari
  5. Poti
  6. potica
  7. poticarie
  8. poticaries
  9. poticary
  10. poticas
  11. potiche

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