baklava

noun

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

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The phone numbers on the website are also currently listed online as the contacts for a Houston baklava caterer, a Dallas-area taxi service and an OB-GYN office. Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 9 June 2026 The ideological fight for Ben & Jerry’s continues, three wonderful things to know about the baklava guy, and an NYC bakery everyone’s going to be talking about opens this summer. Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 June 2026 There was Vietnamese banh mi and Turkish baklava and Swedish cardamom rolls and Danish smørrebrød and also—since Gothenburg never loses its laser focus on the local—delicious wine made inside the city limits at Wine Mechanics. Laura Moser, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026 Sherry’s she-crab cake and soup, Laurence’s pecan baklava, and both of Jonathan’s dishes. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026 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 16 Jun. 2026.

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