pizza Margherita
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
pizza Margherita (plural pizzas Margherita or pizzas Margheritas or pizza Margheritas)
- Alternative form of margherita pizza
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
pizza Margherita f (plural pizzas Margherita or pizzas Margheritas)
- Alternative letter-case form of pizza margherita
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
pizza + Margherita. From Margherita of Savoy, the Queen of Italy, at the time the pizza pie was renamed/formally named in her honour/honor, with the colours/colors of the Italian flag of reunification, red (tomato), white (mozzarella), green (basil). Pizza topped in this manner was already traditional in Naples before acquiring its current name.
Noun[edit]
pizza Margherita f (plural pizze Margherita)
- (chiefly in Campania) a traditional Neapolitan pizza topped with tomato, mozzarella (fior di latte) and basil
- (in other regions) a pizza topped with tomato and mozzarella (fior di latte)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- pizza fritta (the original Neapolitan pizza)
Descendants[edit]
- English: margherita pizza
- French: pizza margherita