runza

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noun

A yeast dough bread pocket with a filling of beef, pork, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings.

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bierock
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Meanings

nounrunza (plural runzas)

plural runzas

  1. A yeast dough bread pocket with a filling of beef, pork, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings.

    Synonyms: bierock

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA yeast dough bread pocket with a filling of beef, pork, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings.

Similar
bierock

Origin

Trade name, said to have been introduced by Sally Everett (née Brening), who began selling them in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1949. Possibly from Krautrunz, an older German name for the bierock, or Low German runsa, "belly", alluding to its rounded shape; compare modern German Ranzen (“belly”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

zurna
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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