What does "empanada" mean?

Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.

What is a synonym for "empanada"?

Common synonyms include: pirozhki, samosa.

Pronounced //ɛmpəˈnɑːdə//.

/ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/ noun

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Noun

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Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.

"Famaillá is the capital of the empanada."

Borrowed from Spanish empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).