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avgolemono
[ ahv-goh-lem-uh-noh; Greek ahv-gaw-le-maw-naw ]
noun
, Greek Cooking.
- a soup or sauce made with beaten eggs, lemon juice, and usually chicken broth.
avgolemono
/ ˌævɡəˈlɛmənəʊ /
noun
- a Greek soup made with eggs, lemon juice, and rice
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Word History and Origins
Origin of avgolemono1
First recorded in 1960–65; Modern Greek augolémono, from abgó, augó “egg” ( Greek tò ōión “the egg,” plural tà ōiá, altered by fusion of article and noun, with bg and ug dividing consecutive vowels, and separation of the article as t’; oo- ) + -lemono, variant of lemóni “lemon” (from Italian limone; lemon
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Word History and Origins
Origin of avgolemono1
C20: from Modern Greek
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Example Sentences
Work orzo in where you would rice, in soups like avgolemono or as a simple base for a protein.
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