: a saffron-flavored dish containing rice, meat, seafood, and vegetables
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At Casa Dani, García pushes Andalusian flavors into a modern Mediterranean menu that stretches from paellas to croquetas to seafood pastas.—Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Mercifully, the guests go to bed after dinner, for which Anthony serves a seafood paella and a lemon tart with candles to celebrate Jason’s birthday, and both are so good that even these demons can’t find anything wrong with them.—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 July 2025 Here, the all-day menu has items such as ahi tuna Niçoise and paella risotto with British Columbia mussels.—Johanna Read, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 It is also known for its special events, including their paella nights every Tuesday.—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for paella
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Etymology
Catalan, literally, pot, pan, from Middle French paelle, from Latin patella small pan — more at patella
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