manti

Definitions

1. One of the four Nephite spies in the Book of Mormon.
2. A type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine
3. A constructed language created by Daniel Tammet.
4. A city, the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah.

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Examples

“And they kept one of the national dishes, manti (pasta stuffed with ground beef served in garlic-yogurt sauce, $11.50), as well as lahmacun, sort⟳ of a Turkish pizza ($3), and arnavut cigeri (fried calf's liver and potatoes, $5.75), a hot appetizer.”

“Crowding the table were miniature, hand-formed lamb dumplings called manti; flaky pastries, called boreks, filled with wild greens; and an elaborate paste of chicken, wheat and pistachios called keskek.”

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