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Mandarin Chinese is the English name for the official language of China and Taiwan, where it is called Putonghua (common speech) and Guoyu (national anguage), respectively.

Mal Passado is the Portuguese term for meat that is "rare" done

Medio refers to a Portuguese cooking term which means "medium-grilled"

Milanesa is the Portuguese term which means "breaded"

Masa refers to ground corn meal which is the basic ingredient in making Tamales and other dishes in Belize.

Merengay Pie also known as lemon pie is a dessert from Belize that has a rich filling of condensed milk and lime and not lemon (as its name suggest), topped by light, fluffy meringue