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timpana

timpana noun: a Maltese dish of parboiled macaroni tossed in a tomato sauce with beef, egg, cheese, etc. and baked in a pastry case. Also the plural of timpanum.

Noun

timpana (uncountable)

  1. A Maltese dish of parboiled macaroni tossed in a tomato sauce with beef, egg, cheese, etc. and baked in a pastry case.

Also used as

timpana is also the plural of timpanum.

Origin of timpana

Probably related to timballo.

Questions about timpana

What does timpana mean?
Timpana means a Maltese dish of parboiled macaroni tossed in a tomato sauce with beef, egg, cheese, etc. and baked in a pastry case.
What part of speech is timpana?
Timpana is a noun.

Words near timpana in the dictionary

  1. timous
  2. timously
  3. TIMP
  4. Timp.
  5. timpan
  6. timpana
  7. timpani
  8. timpanis
  9. timpanist
  10. timpanists
  11. timpano

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