longanisa

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish longaniza. Doublet of lucanica.

Noun

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longanisa (plural longanisas)

  1. A Spanish sausage similar to chorizo.
    • 2016 June 30, Ligaya Mishan, “Phil-Am Kusina, a Ray of Philippine Sun on Staten Island”, in New York Times[1]:
      If the cooking at Phil-Am Kusina is sometimes distracted, that may be because Mr. Imperial is busy these days; he also manages his parents’ grocery store, and this year started a food truck called Sisig City, currently stationed in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and offering the likes of lechon sliders and longanisa sausage “mini dogs,” for delivery only.