tamale

tamale
noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish tamales, plural of tamal tamale, from Nahuatl tamalli steamed cornmeal dough Date: 1854 cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped usually in corn husks, and steamed

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  • Tamale — steht für: Tamale (Ghana), Ort in Ghana Tamale (Gericht), ein mexikanisches Gericht Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tamale — Tamale, Ghana. Tamale es una ciudad perteneciente a Ghana, situada en el centro del país, en la provincia de Ghana Septentrional. Con 390.730 habitantes en 2007, es la tercera ciudad del país por población. Véase también Anexo:Localidades de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Tamale — Ta*ma le, n. [Written also {tamal}, {tomale}.] [Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin.] A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tamale — v. du Ghana, au N. d Accra et du lac Volta; 170 000 hab.; ch. l. de la rég. Septentrionale. Centre commercial …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Tamale — Tamale,   Stadt in Nordghana, 151 100 Einwohner; katholischer Erzbischofssitz; Verwaltungssitz und Handelszentrum der Nordregion; Technikum; Verkehrsknotenpunkt, Flugplatz …   Universal-Lexikon

  • TAMALE — urbs cum portu et promontor. in India extra Gangem, e quo in Auream Chersonesum navigabant, Chryse haud procul, apud Melam. Ptolemaeus tamen spatium, quod a Tamala ad Chrysin interiacet, mille et octingents stadiis taxat. Fuit autem a Cory seu… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • tamale — (n.) 1856, from Amer.Sp. tamales, plural of tamal, from Nahuatl tamal, tamalli, a food made of Indian corn and meat …   Etymology dictionary

  • tamale — ☆ tamale [tə mä′lē ] n. [MexSp tamal, pl. tamales < Nahuatl tamalli] a Mexican dish consisting of cornmeal dough around a filling as of minced meat and red peppers, the whole then wrapped in corn husks or plantain leaves and cooked by baking,… …   English World dictionary

  • Tamale —  Ne pas confondre avec le tamal, un plat latino américain. Tamale « Capitale des ONG » …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tamale — A tamale (Spanish tamal , from Nahuatl tamalli ), is a traditional indigenous American food consisting of steam cooked corn dough (masa) with or without a filling. Tamales can be filled with meats, cheese (post colonial), and sliced chillis or… …   Wikipedia

  • tamale — /teuh mah lee/, n. a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed. [1605 15, Amer.; construed as sing. of MexSp tamales, pl. of tamal < Nahuatl tamalli] * * * ▪ Ghana       town, north …   Universalium

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