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pizza

Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.tsə/

The English word “pizza” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
  2. A single instance of this dish.
  3. snowplow: a maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.

Etymology

From Aramaic פִיתָּא (pītā, “piece of bread”), Hebrew פַּת (paṯ, “bread”). Doublet of pide and pita.

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