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longanisa

longanisa noun: a Spanish sausage similar to chorizo.

Noun

longanisa (plural longanisas)

  1. A Spanish sausage similar to chorizo.
    • 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...2016 June 30, Ligaya Mishan, “Phil-Am Kusina, a Ray of Philippine Sun on Staten Island”, in New York Times

Forms of longanisa

plurallonganisas

Origin of longanisa

Borrowed from Spanish longaniza. Doublet of lucanica.

Questions about longanisa

What does longanisa mean?
Longanisa means a Spanish sausage similar to chorizo.
What part of speech is longanisa?
Longanisa is a noun.
What is the plural of longanisa?
The plural of longanisa is longanisas.

Words near longanisa in the dictionary

  1. longan
  2. Longanapan
  3. longanimity
  4. longanimous
  5. longanimously
  6. longanisa
  7. longanisas
  8. longaniza
  9. longanizas
  10. Longannet
  11. longans

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