Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Greek dish consisting of layers of ground lamb or beef and sliced eggplant topped with a cheese sauce and baked.

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  • noun a dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven

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  • noun casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Serbo-Croatian, from Turkish musakka, from colloquial Egyptian Arabic musaqqa‘a, chilled, moussaka, feminine passive participle of saqqa‘a, to chill, variant of ṣaqqa‘a, from ṣaq‘a, cold, frost, from ṣaqi‘a, to be white; see ṣqע in Semitic roots.]

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Greek μουσακάς (mousakâs), from Turkish musakka, from Arabic مسقعة‎ (musáqqaʕa, "chilled").

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