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empanada
/ˌɛmpəˈnɑːdə/
noun
A Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover filled with a variety of savoury ingredients and baked or fried.
Origin
Spanish, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of empanar ‘roll in pastry’, based on Latin panis ‘bread’.
The empanada looked a bit like a pierogi which resembled a kreplach or a shumai and was sort of like a dumpling.
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