bialy

[bee-ah-lee, byah-]

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noun, plural bi·a·lies.

a round, flat, leavened, onion-flavored roll made of white flour, having a depression at the center and a crusty bottom.

Origin:
1960–65; after Bialystok

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bialy

bagel with onion flakes sprinkled on it, by 1936, ultimately short for Białystok, city in modern Poland. The city name is lit. "White River," from Pol. biały "white" + stok "river" (the Bialy River flows through the region).

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