: a saffron-flavored dish containing rice, meat, seafood, and vegetables
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Going Beyond Paella In a rice-growing powerhouse like Valencia, however, paella is only one of many recipes to feature the crop.—Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 For $160, each guest gets access to a three-hour beer and wine package (cocktails available for purchase) and a buffet featuring Iberico ham sliders, gazpacho oyster shooters, surf and turf paella, lemon and herb grilled chicken, and summer market salad.—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 26 June 2025 My go-to these days has been the paella burrito ($13.50).—Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2025 Space paella is back on the menu for future space missions and better than ever, along with cornbread and pasta.—Sarah Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 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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