Tapa Definition

täpə, tăpə

tapa, tapas

noun

tapas

The inner bark of the paper mulberry.

American Heritage

An unwoven cloth made by people in the Pacific islands from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree.

Webster's New World

The inner bark of the paper mulberry.

American Heritage

In Spain, an appetizer or snack as served in a bar with sherry, beer, etc.

Webster's New World

A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific islands by pounding this bark or similar bark.

American Heritage

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Origin of Tapa

Spanish lid, tapa (tapas perhaps being so called because they originally consisted of slices of bread with sausage and similar items placed like lids upon glasses of wine to stimulate thirst and keep out fruit flies) from Old Spanish lid (of Germanic origin) (akin to English tap) and perhaps also partly from early modern Spanish tapa entrepôt for provisioning soldiers (Hispanicization, influenced by tapa lid) (of Middle French étape entrepôt) (from Old French estaple staple¹)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Spanish lid, tapa (tapas perhaps being so called because they originally consisted of slices of bread with sausage and similar items placed like lids upon glasses of wine to stimulate thirst and keep out fruit flies) from Old Spanish lid (of Germanic origin) (akin to English tap) and perhaps also partly from early modern Spanish tapa entrepôt for provisioning soldiers (Hispanicization, influenced by tapa lid) (of Middle French étape entrepôt) (from Old French estaple staple¹)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Marquesan Tahitian Hawaiian kapa

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Marquesan Tahitian Hawaiian kapa

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Tongan tapa.

From Wiktionary
From Spanish tapa

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