pastilla

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noun

A Moroccan meat pie, usually of pigeon.

OriginSpanish pastilla →
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Meanings

nounpastilla (countable and uncountable, plural pastillas)

plural pastillas · alternative b'steeya · alternative bisteeya

  1. countableuncountableA Moroccan meat pie, usually of pigeon.

    The lower (right-hand) fork is the Talaa Seghira, or Rue du Petit Talaa, a street which begins with a handful of small foodstalls where you can buy chunks of pastilla – the great Fassi delicacy of pigeon-pie; […]

    1988, Mark Ellingham, Shaun McVeigh, The Rough Guide to Morocco (The Rough Guides), London: Harrap-Columbus, →ISBN, page 148

Origin

  1. Spanishpastilla
  2. Englishpastilla

From Spanish pastilla. Doublet of pastegh, pastel, pastiglia, pastila, and pastille.

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APA

pastilla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastilla

MLA

“pastilla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastilla. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pastilla,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastilla.

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