Greek pizza

noun

A kind of American pizza that is proofed and cooked in a shallow pan rather than being stretched to order and baked on the floor of the pizza oven.

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Meanings

nounGreek pizza (countable and uncountable, plural Greek pizzas)

plural Greek pizzas

  1. countableuncountableA kind of American pizza that is proofed and cooked in a shallow pan rather than being stretched to order and baked on the floor of the pizza oven.

Origin

The style was devised by Costas Kitsatis, a Greek from Albania, at his restaurant in Connecticut in 1955.

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APA

Greek pizza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greek%20pizza

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“Greek pizza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greek%20pizza. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Greek pizza,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greek%20pizza.

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