Pita

Pita or pitta (<a href="/facts/British_English/ymJR5Rnd">British English</a>), also known as Arabic bread (<a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: خبز عربي, khubz ʿArabī), as Lebanese bread and as kmaj (from the <a href="/facts/Persian_language/jfUYbHbt">Persian</a> kumaj), is a family of yeast-<a href="/facts/Leavened/Sr4Ucgfq">leavened</a> round <a href="/facts/Flatbread/XyozG8yg">flatbreads</a> baked from <a href="/facts/Wheat_flour/AauucBTS">wheat flour</a>, common in the <a href="/facts/Mediterranean/Vr2pzVbM">Mediterranean</a>, <a href="/facts/Middle_East/8CD6pLWv">Middle East</a>, and neighboring areas. It includes the widely known version with an interior pocket. In the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>, the term is used for pocket versions such as the Greek pita, used for <a href="/facts/Barbecue/e1njNWTw">barbecues</a> as a <a href="/facts/Souvlaki/aA7YrbUL">souvlaki</a> wrap. The <a href="/facts/Western_world/UQl4e7du">Western</a> name pita may sometimes be used to refer to various other types of flatbreads that have different names in their local languages, such as numerous styles of Arab <a href="/facts/Khubz/DAlwIMHx">khubz</a> ('bread').

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