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GALETTE
Etymology
Noun
galette (plural galettes)
A type of flat, round cake from France.
Clipping of Breton galette: a crĂŞpe or pancake made with buckwheat flour, and often with a savoury filling, originally from Upper Brittany in France.
Hypernyms
• cake
• crĂŞpe
Source: Wiktionary
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