Meaning
Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine.
Etymology
Origin: Spanish
Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa (whence also barbecue), from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”. Doublet of barbecue and balbacua.
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 8 recorded puzzles: