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saganaki

UK/ˌsæɡəˈnɑːki//ˌsɑɡəˈnɑki/

saganaki noun: any of various Greek dishes cooked in a small frying pan, especially an appetizer of pan-seared cheese.

saganaki: any of various Greek dishes cooked in a small frying pan, especially an appetizer of pan-seared...
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Noun

saganaki (uncountable)

  1. Any of various Greek dishes cooked in a small frying pan, especially an appetizer of pan-seared cheese.
    • We had discovered a mutual appreciation for saganaki, that artery busting, salt laden, fried goat's cheese.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 1

Origin of saganaki

Borrowed from Greek σαγανάκι (saganáki, literally “little frying pan”), diminutive form of σαγάνι (sagáni, “double-handled pan”), from Turkish sahan (“dish, pan”), from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Questions about saganaki

What does saganaki mean?
Saganaki means any of various Greek dishes cooked in a small frying pan, especially an appetizer of pan-seared cheese.
What part of speech is saganaki?
Saganaki is a noun.
How do you pronounce saganaki?
Saganaki is pronounced /ˌsɑɡəˈnɑki/ (US).

Words near saganaki in the dictionary

  1. sagamoreships
  2. sagan
  3. Sagan standard
  4. Sagan's number
  5. Sagan's paradox
  6. saganaki
  7. Saganian
  8. Saganite
  9. Saganites
  10. sagans
  11. Sagap

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