cepelinas
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Lithuanian cepelinas (“zeppelin”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(t)sɛpəˈliːnəs/
Noun
cepelinas (plural cepelinai)
- A Lithuanian dumpling made from grated riced potatoes, stuffed with ground meat or another filling such as cottage cheese or mushrooms.
- 2010, Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure:
- With much of the world having become aware of Lithuanian basketball thanks to the Grateful Dead, I wondered if shrines to other rock acts were in the offing—to Led Zeppelin, perhaps, in honor of what a cepelinas feels like in the pit of the stomach.
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