souvlakia

/ suːˈvlækɪə /

noun

1. a Greek dish of kebabs, esp made with lamb

Word History and Origins

Origin of souvlakia¹

C20: from Modern Greek

Example Sentences

He had already spent a couple of miserable years in Canada, serving dry-aged rib-eyes, mezze platters and souvlakia at an all-purpose Greek restaurant in Saskatoon.

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Some people will bring him food, including a Greek family that dropped off chicken souvlakia on Christmas Eve.

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And, of course, it had grills where they cooked steaks, chops and souvlakia.

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In their tidy brick apartment complex outside Düsseldorf, Mr. Kakoyiannis and Ms. Rapti settled down after the engineering club meeting and made a Sunday lunch of traditional Greek souvlakia, pita and garlicky tzatziki.

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To the right of the rambling shop is an open taverna kitchen where lamb souvlakia or fresh calamari sizzle between flames on the large grill.

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