vasilopita
English
noun
Definitions
- A Greek celebratory cake, often containing a hidden coin, typically eaten on New Year's Day which is St Basil's day.
Etymology
Compound from Greek (modern) Βασίλειος (Basil) + Greek (modern) πίτα (pie).
Origin
Greek (Cypriot)
πίτα
Gloss
pie
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pite Hungarian
- pitabrød Norwegian Bokmål
- pitabrød Norwegian Nynorsk
- pita Serbo-Croatian
- pȉta Serbo-Croatian
- пита Serbo-Croatian
- píta Icelandic
- Βασίλειος Greek (modern)
- βασιλόπιτα Greek (modern)
- κολοκυθόπιτα Greek (modern)
- λουκανικόπιτα Greek (modern)
- πίτα Greek (modern)
- πατσαβουρόπιτα Greek (modern)
- πορτοκαλόπιτα Greek (modern)
- σπανακόπιτα Greek (modern)
- τυρόπιτα Greek (modern)
- пита Bulgarian
- פיתה Hebrew (modern)
- پیته Ottoman Turkish
- پیته Ottoman Turkish
- пита Macedonian
- pita Slovene
- πίτα gkm