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linguiça

linguiça is the alternative form of linguica.

Meaning of linguica

Noun

linguica (countable and uncountable, plural linguicas)

  1. A Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.
    • Heritage Foods now offers linguiça from the sausage maker the Mayor, in Richmond, Va. The signature Portuguese sausage harbors the paprika spice of chorizo but with the fire dampened, and a finer texture, but it brings on the garlic like kielbasa.2022 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “Just in Time for Grilling Season”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of linguiça

plurallinguiças

Questions about linguiça

What is linguiça the alternative form of?
Linguiça is the alternative form of linguica.

Words near linguiça in the dictionary

  1. linguisticizing
  2. linguisticky
  3. linguistics
  4. linguistry
  5. linguists
  6. linguiça
  7. linguiças
  8. lingula
  9. lingulae
  10. lingular
  11. lingulate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: linguiça (page history and authors); linguica (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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