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Thursday, December 24, 2015

The Etymological Roots of Melomakarona and Kourambiedes

Melomakarona and kourambiedes are two Greek deserts that scream Christmas. Dimitris Stathakopoulos, Dr. of Sociology History at Panteion University, in Athens, as well as musicologist and lawyer decided to gather data and determine the etymological roots of the two words. Qurabiya in Azeri, Kurabiye in Turkish and kourambiedes in Greek come from the word “Kuru”


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