baklava

noun

: a dessert made of thin pastry, nuts, and honey

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Other delicacies included falafel, gyros, spanakopita, hummus and desserts like baklava and butter cookies. Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025 Other popular dishes include the baklava, lahmucan and adana kebab, according to the restaurant’s Yelp page. Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025 That’s followed by baklava, ripe apricot, crème brûlée, and Cognac on the palate, with a finish of rum raisin cake. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2025 Sip specialty cocktails, beer, wine, and champagne while scarfing down Mediterranean favorites like kabobs, shawarma, gyros, falafel, wing platters, and desserts such as baklava and New York cheesecake. Nasha Smith, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baklava

Word History

Etymology

Turkish

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baklava was in 1902

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“Baklava.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baklava. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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