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

  • noun A Greek dish consisting of pieces of seasoned meat roasted on skewers.

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  • noun any of several Greek dishes such as kalamaki, giros, kebab and shawarma
  • noun a wrapped pancake dish filled with meat, salad and some kind of sauce or dressing, commonly called a kebab

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  • noun made of lamb

Etymologies

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

[Modern Greek souvláki, from diminutive of soúvla, skewer, from Medieval Greek, from Latin sūbula, sūbla, awl; see syū- in Indo-European roots.]

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Greek σουβλάκι

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