kielbasa

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kiel·ba·sa

(kĭl-bä′sə, kēl-)

A spicy smoked Polish sausage.

[Polish kiel̷basa, from East and West Slavic *kŭlbasa, from East Turkic kül bassï, grilled cutlet, from Turkic kül bastï : kül, coals, ashes + bastï, pressed (meat) (from basmaq, to press).]

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kielbasa

(ˌkiːlˈbaːsə; ˌkɪlˈbaːsə) or

kulbasa

(Cookery) a traditional garlic sausage of Eastern European origin

[from Polish kiełbasa, Ukrainian kovbasa]

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kiel•ba•sa

(kɪlˈbɑ sə, kil-)

n., pl. -sas, -sy (-sē).

a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.

[1950–55; < Polish kiełbasa sausage]

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For starters, we ordered kilbasa and the grzyaboua (don't break your tongue trying to pronounce it, just do like us and point it out on the menu).