Pita Definition
pētə
pitas
noun
pitas
A round, hollow, relatively flat bread of the Middle East.
Webster's New World
Any of various agave plants yielding a fiber used in paper, etc.
Webster's New World
The fiber.
Webster's New World
A piece of this: it can be split into two layers or cut crosswise to form a pocket for a filling.
Webster's New World
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Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- pocket bread
Other Word Forms of Pita
Noun
Singular:
pita
Plural:
pitasOrigin of Pita
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Modern Greek pita pie, cake, bread from Medieval Greek perhaps of Germanic origin Old High German bizzo, pizzo bite, morsel bheid- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Spanish from Quechua to complicate, discord, bother
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie").
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