margherita pizza

noun

The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella.

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margherita pizza1

nounmargherita pizza (countable and uncountable, plural margherita pizzas)

plural margherita pizzas · alternative Margherita pizza · alternative pizza margherita · alternative pizza Margherita

  1. countableuncountableThe traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella.

    Synonyms: Margherita, margherita

Margherita pizza2

nounMargherita pizza (countable and uncountable, plural Margherita pizzas)

plural Margherita pizzas

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of margherita pizza.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella.

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Origin

  1. Italianpizza Margherita
  2. Englishmargherita pizza

From Italian pizza Margherita, from Margherita of Savoy, the Queen of Italy, at the time the pizza pie was renamed/formally named in her honour, with the colours of the Italian flag of reunification, red (tomato), white (mozzarella), green (basil). Pizza topped in this manner was already traditional in Naples before acquiring its current name.

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Translations

French pizza margherita
  • pizza margheritapizza topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella
German Pizza Margherita, Margherita
  • Pizza Margheritapizza topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella
  • Margheritapizza topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella
Italian pizza Margherita, pizza margherita
  • pizza Margheritapizza topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella
  • pizza margheritapizza topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella
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