Etymology

longanisa

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Today it means: A Spanish sausage similar to chorizo. Full definition →

Spanish longaniza
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromlonganiza
  2. English todaylonganisa

Borrowed from Spanish longaniza. Doublet of lucanica.

Words from the same roots

Spanishlonganiza all →

longaniza

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