lasagna
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From Italian lasagna, lasagne, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lasanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”), pl. λάσανα (lasana). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic (Semitic) lawzinaj ("almond cake").
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lasagna (plural lasagnas or lasagne)
- flat sheet of pasta
- an Italian baked dish comprising layers of (1) with (usually) bolognese and bechamel sauce
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In Italian, lasagna refers to one sheet of pasta and lasagne (the plural of lasagna) refers to the dish with several layers. This distinction is rarely observed in English.
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lasagna f. (plural lasagne)
- a flat sheet of pasta
