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longaniza

longaniza noun: a type of Spanish sausage.

longaniza: a type of Spanish sausage
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Noun

longaniza (usually uncountable, plural longanizas)

  1. (usually) A type of Spanish sausage.
    • Cusinera serves stupendous silog (traditional Filipino breakfast, $5.61) — eggs with garlic rice and a protein of your choice, such as daing (crispy dried fish), longaniza (juicy, garlicky pork sausage) and tapa (cured beef steak).2021 February 27, Rebecca King, “Bountiful Bergenfield”, in Daily Record, volume 34, number 92, Rockaway, N.J., →OCLC, page 2D, column 1
    Synonyms:
    longganisa

Synonyms of longaniza

Forms of longaniza

plurallonganizas

Origin of longaniza

From Spanish longaniza. Doublet of linguica and longganisa.

Questions about longaniza

What does longaniza mean?
Longaniza means a type of Spanish sausage.
What part of speech is longaniza?
Longaniza is a noun.
What is the plural of longaniza?
The plural of longaniza is longanizas.

Words near longaniza in the dictionary

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

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