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pissaladière
noun
pis·sa·la·dière
\pēsäläˈdyer\
Definition of pissaladière
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: an open-faced pastry topped with olives, onions, and anchovies
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Origin and Etymology of pissaladière
French, from Provençal (Nice) pissaladiero, from pissala preserved crushed and salted fish, from pis, peis fish (from Old Provençal peis, from Latin piscis) + sala, past participle of sala to salt, from Old Provençal salar
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