Etymology

capicola

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Today it means: A traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole. Full definition →

Italian capocollo
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  1. Italian · derived fromcapocollo
  2. English todaycapicola

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

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