Polish sausage

Kielbasa ˈbɑːsə/; from Polish kiełbasa [kʲɛwˈbasa] ⓘ)[a] is any type of meat sausage from Poland and a staple of Polish cuisine. It is also known in other world cuisines; in American English, the word typically refers to a coarse, U-shaped smoked sausage of any kind of meat, which closely resembles the Wiejska sausage (typically pork only). The word entered English directly from the Polish kiełbasa and Czech klobása, meaning "sausage". Both these forms can be derived from a Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa, which is also the source of Ukrainian ковбаса́, Croatian kobasa, etc. This in turn was borrowed from a Turkic form equivalent to *kol basa, literally "hand-pressed", or *kül basa, literally "ash-pressed", making it cognate with modern Turkish külbastı. The terms entered English simultaneously from different sources, which accounts for the different spellings. Usage varies between cultural groups and countries, but overall there is a distinction between American and Canadian usage. In New Jersey, Pennsylvania and most areas of Greater New York City, a plural Polish transitional form is sometimes seen, kiełbasy (/kɪˈbɑːsi/).[citation needed] Canadians also use the word kolbassa or kubasa (/kuːbɑːˈsɑː/ or /ˈkuːbəsɑː/), an Anglicization of the Ukrainian kovbasa (ковбаса), and Albertans even abbreviate it as kubie to refer to the sausage eaten on a hot dog bun.[b]

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