arepa

American  

[uh-rey-puh, ah-re-pah] / əˈreɪ pə, ɑˈrɛ pɑ /

noun

1. a Columbian or Venezuelan cornmeal cake, sometimes stuffed with savory fillings.

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Etymology

Origin of arepa

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

Example Sentences

In Florida, 90 minutes south of Mar-a-Lago, a jubilant crowd gathered outside an arepa restaurant, honking horns, cheering and waving Venezuelan and American flags.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rather than using bread made from typical wheat flour, arepas are made using corn flour.

From BBC

On a recent weekday morning, he sold coffee and arepas to fellow delivery workers from Venezuela and Colombia outside a Chick-fil-A across the road from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center arena.

From Seattle Times

Other New Yorkers have opened their kitchens so migrant women could make arepas to sell.

From Seattle Times

The arepas that I'm most familiar with are Colombian.

From Salon