avicas con arroz
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Definitions

  • n. A dish of Great Northern beans slow-cooked with tomatoes, onions, and sometimes meat, served with rice.

Example Sentences

  • "Or dinner could be salad and avicas con arroz (Great Northern beans slow cooked with tomatoes, onions and perhaps a marrow bone for flavor, served with rice." (Sephardic Heritage Cookbook: Ottoman, Persian, Moroccan, Egyptian Recipes and More by Sephardic Temple Or Chadash Sisterhood)

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Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • avicas con arroz, lit. 'beans with rice'

      • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      avikas kon arroz, avikas kon aroz, avicas con aroz

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