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- noun   A maize porridge , originating inRomania .
Etymologies
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Examples
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								I should point out that this is more of a cooking guideline than a recipe, because we never measure when making mamaliga, which is a traditional Romanian sidedish, probably eaten more regularly than bread in the countryside. WordPress.com News corplit 2009 
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								After this Hadise was welcomed with a traditional foods calls mamaliga and she enjoy of romanian food. esctoday.com | news 2009 
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								I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was "mamaliga," and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call "impletata." The Deadlocked City Elon, Amos 2001 
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								The Servian peasants, however, have little respect for heroes -- at least, for ancient ones -- and the barbarians of seventeen or eighteen centuries appear to have lighted their fires and cooked their 'mamaliga' [21] against the tablet until it presents the appearance of a blackened mass. Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson 
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								I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was "mamaliga," and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call "impletata." Dracula 1897 
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								I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was "mamaliga", and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call "impletata". Dracula Bram Stoker 1879 
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								Northern Italian polenta (or Romanian mamaliga, just about the same thing - my grandparents were born in Transylvania, so this is comfort food for me) Page 4 2009 
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								Northern Italian polenta (or Romanian mamaliga, just about the same thing - my grandparents were born in Transylvania, so this is comfort food for me) Page 4 2009 
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								Northern Italian polenta (or Romanian mamaliga, just about the same thing - my grandparents were born in Transylvania, so this is comfort food for me) Page 4 2009 
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								Northern Italian polenta (or Romanian mamaliga, just about the same thing - my grandparents were born in Transylvania, so this is comfort food for me) Page 4 2009 
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