paklava

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A form of baklava — A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.

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Meanings

nounpaklava (countable and uncountable, plural paklavas)

plural paklavas

  1. countablerareuncountableRare form of baklava.

    I ate a pastry filled with apricot jam and a square of paklava that rivaled my grandmother's.

    2012, Chris Bohjalian, The Sandcastle Girls, New York, N.Y. […]: Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 50–51
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APA

paklava. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paklava

MLA

“paklava.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paklava. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paklava,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paklava.

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