gibanica

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noun

A traditional dish from the Balkans made from filo pastry and white cheese.

OriginSerbo-Croatian gìbanica →
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Meanings

noungibanica (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA traditional dish from the Balkans made from filo pastry and white cheese.

    They sat eating gibanica and sardines and drinking some herbal grappa called kadulja.

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 976

Origin

  1. Serbo-Croatiangìbanica
  2. Englishgibanica

From Serbo-Croatian gìbanica/гѝбаница, from gíbati/ги́бати (“to sway, rock, swing; fold”), originally meaning "folded pie".

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APA

gibanica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibanica

MLA

“gibanica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibanica. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gibanica,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibanica.

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