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caponata

caponata noun: a Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold.

caponata: a Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold
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Noun

caponata (countable and uncountable, plural caponatas)

  1. A Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold.

Forms of caponata

pluralcaponatas

Origin of caponata

Borrowed from Italian caponata.

Questions about caponata

What does caponata mean?
Caponata means a Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold.
What part of speech is caponata?
Caponata is a noun.
What is the plural of caponata?
The plural of caponata is caponatas.

Words near caponata in the dictionary

  1. capologists
  2. capology
  3. capomo
  4. capomos
  5. capon
  6. caponata
  7. caponatas
  8. Capone
  9. caponed
  10. Capones
  11. caponesque

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