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[ˈvʌɪənd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an item of food
(e.g: an unlimited assortment of viands)
- a meat, seafood, or vegetable dish that accompanies rice in a typical Filipino meal
(e.g: a sumptuous lunch of rice and two viands)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French viande ‘food’, from an alteration of Latin vivenda, neuter plural gerundive of vivere ‘to live’; viand has been adopted in Philippine English as a translation of the Tagalog word ulam
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