feijoada
[ Portuguese fey-zhoo-ah-dah; English fey-jwah-duh ]
/ Portuguese ˌfeɪ ʒʊˈɑ dɑ; English feɪˈdʒwɑ də /
noun Brazilian Cookery.
a dish of rice and black beans baked with various kinds of meat and sausage.
Origin of feijoada
< Brazilian Portuguese, derivative of Portuguese
feijão bean, earlier
feijoes (plural) < Latin
faseolus, diminutive of
fasēlus a legume, perhaps the cowpea < Greek
phásēlos; see
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Words nearby feijoada
fehling's solution,
fei,
feign,
feigned,
feijoa,
feijoada,
feininger,
feinschmecker,
feint,
feints,
feira de santana