Meaning & use
sufganiyah
A round, jelly-filled doughnut traditionally eaten during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
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Bakeries in Israel sell millions of sufganiyot in the weeks before Hanukkah.
She bit into the sufganiyah and found it filled with warm strawberry jam.
A note on using this word
The plural form is sufganiyot; the pastry is fried in oil to commemorate the miracle of the oil in the Hanukkah story.
Words with a similar meaning
jelly doughnut
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