Naan or Nan is a leavened, oven-baked flatbread. It is typical of and popular in West, Central and South Asia. Influenced by the large influx of South Asian immigrants, naan has also become popular in other parts of the world, especially in Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Europe and North America.
Originally, naan was a generic term for various flatbreads from different parts of the world. The name stems from (new) Persian, being a generic word for bread.
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