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arepa

[ uh-rey-puh; Spanish ah-re-pah ]
/ əˈreɪ pə; Spanish ɑˈrɛ pɑ /
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noun
a Columbian or Venezuelan cornmeal cake, sometimes stuffed with savory fillings.
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Origin of arepa

First recorded in 1920–25; from Carib arepa, erepa “corn, cornmeal, cornmeal cake”
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