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kielbasa

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Noun — A particular type of spicy, smoked sausage originating in Eastern Europe.

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Borrowed from Polish kiełbasa, meaning “sausage”, which traces back to Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa. This may in turn derive from a Proto-Turkic word for “grilled cutlet”, literally “pressed on ashes”, formed from *kül (“ash”) and *bas (“to press”) (compare modern Turkish basmak). See also the Ukrainian cognate ковбаса́ (kovb...

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