Definitions
n. A meat casserole popular on Pesach.
Example Sentences
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"There are many variations of minas throughout the Sephardi world, including beef or lamb minas, dairy or pareve minas with spinach and cheese, roasted eggplant and more." (source)
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"I have one cousin who looks forward to megina each year with cranberry sauce on the side. I know, they didn’t have cranberries in Rhodes. That’s how we create new traditions!" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Ladino
Etymology
megina/mina de carne
- Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire
- North America
- None
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Alternative Spellings
megina
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