: a saffron-flavored dish containing rice, meat, seafood, and vegetables
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This 16-year-old Spanish restaurant with three Manhattan locations—Chelsea, Nolita and Midtown East—will celebrate Pride with a rainbow paella.—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 Authentic paella originates from the region around Valencia, and comes in two varieties: Paella Valenciana, with rabbit and chicken; and seafood paella.—Jon Yeomans, CNN Money, 7 June 2025 There are seven paellas, including the thin noodles variant called fideuá de Mar y Montaña with Brussels sprouts, squid shrimp, and a mushroom sofrito.—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 The signature paella socarrat arrives in a wide, shallow pan, the bottom layer of rice crisped and caramelized.—Sandals Resorts, AFAR Media, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for paella
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Etymology
Catalan, literally, pot, pan, from Middle French paelle, from Latin patella small pan — more at patella
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