al·bón·di·ga
(äl-bōn′dē-gä)n. A small ball of ground meat, fish, poultry, or mashed vegetables used in Spanish and Latin American cuisine.
[Spanish, from Arabic al-bunduqa, the hazelnut, small round object (al-, the, bunduqa, hazelnut, small round object, from Aramaic pundĕqā, hazelnut, from Greek (karuon) pontikon, Pontic (nut), hazelnut, from neuter of pontikos, Pontic, from Pontos Pontus).]
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