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capicola

capicola noun: a traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole.

Noun

capicola (countable and uncountable, plural capicoli or capicolas)

  1. A traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole.
    Synonyms:
    coppa, gabagool

Synonyms of capicola

Forms of capicola

pluralcapicoli
pluralcapicolas
alternative Canadacapicollo
alternative Canadacapicolla
alternative formcappicola

Origin of capicola

From Italian capocollo or capicollo, from capo (“head”) + collo (“neck”), with pronunciation likely influenced by Neapolitan. Doublet of gabagool.

Questions about capicola

What does capicola mean?
Capicola means a traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole.
What part of speech is capicola?
Capicola is a noun.
What is the plural of capicola?
The plural of capicola is capicoli.

Words near capicola in the dictionary

  1. capiat
  2. capiats
  3. capibara
  4. capibaras
  5. capiche
  6. capicola
  7. capicolas
  8. capicoli
  9. capicolla
  10. capicollo
  11. capies

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