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noun, plural -bas 
[-buhz; Fr. -ba] .
[-buhz; Fr. -ba] . a spongelike cake leavened with yeast and often containing raisins, baked in a small mold and then usually soaked with a rum syrup.
Origin:
1820–30; < French < Polish: literally, old woman, peasant woman; the cake was introduced into France by the court of the exiled Polish king Stanislaus I
1820–30; < French < Polish: literally, old woman, peasant woman; the cake was introduced into France by the court of the exiled Polish king Stanislaus I
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Baba
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Word Origin & History
baba
kind of plum cake, 1827, from Fr. baba (19c.), said by Fr. etymology dictionaries to be from Polish baba.
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