pa·el·la (pä- l  , pä- lyä, -yä)n. A saffron-flavored Spanish dish made with varying combinations of rice, vegetables, meat, chicken, and seafood. [Catalan, frying pan, paella, from Old French paelle, frying pan, pot, from Latin patella, diminutive of patina, pan; see paten.] |
paella [paɪˈɛlə (Spanish) paˈeʎa]
n pl -las [-ləz (Spanish) -ʎas]
1. (Cookery) a Spanish dish made from rice, shellfish, chicken, and vegetables
2. (Cookery) the large flat frying pan in which a paella is cooked
[from Catalan, from Old French paelle, from Latin patella small pan]
paella - The rice dish is Spanish for "frying pan," from Latin patella, "little pan."
See also related terms for pan.
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| Noun | 1. |  paella - saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chickendish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power |
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