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A tortilla (or flour tortilla to differentiate it from other uses of the word tortilla) is a type of thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour. Originally derived from the corn tortilla (tortilla in Spanish means small torta or small cake) a bread of maize which predates the arrival of Europeans to the Americas the wheat flour tortilla was an innovation after wheat was brought to the New World from Spain while this region was the colony of New Spain.
