 pÃ¢tÃ© is a type of meat paste, terrine or pie. pate may also refer to: * pate (musical instrument), a samoan percussion instrument * pate, pÃ¢te, or paste, a term for the interior body (non-rind portion) of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color * pÃ¢te Ã  choux, a type of light pastry dough used especially to make filled pastries such as Ã©clairs. * patÃ©, the virgin islands version of empanadas, a type of meat or vegetable-filled fried-dough snack commonly eaten in many caribbean countries, including the dominican republic, puerto rico and the virgin islands. * pÃ¢tÃ© (film), a film by agnieszka wojtowicz-vosloo *patÄ, the mÄori name for the tree schefflera digitata *the crown of the head ==people== *alan pate, american golfer *danny pate, american cyclist *janez pate, slovenian football manager and former player *jerry pate, american golfer *randolph m. pate, 21st commandant of the marine corps *richard pate, english landowner, politician and founder of pate's grammar school *robert pate, who assaulted queen victoria in 1850 ==places== * pate, cambodia, a commune in ou ya dav district, cambodia *pate island, also seat of a former pate sultanate, in kenya (see also rulers of pate) 
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