apizza

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proscribed/əˈpiːts//əˈbiːts/

noun

A style of pizza endemic to New Haven, Connecticut, incorporating a thin, oblong crust, charring, oregano, and tomato sauce but only a small amount of grated parmesan cheese.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

nounapizza (countable and uncountable, plural apizzas)

plural apizzas

  1. countableuncountableA style of pizza endemic to New Haven, Connecticut, incorporating a thin, oblong crust, charring, oregano, and tomato sauce but only a small amount of grated parmesan cheese.

    Saucy Brew Works brews fresh local coffee and Ohio craft beer, served best with their award-winning apizzas.

    2022, Ohio On Tap, number 9, page 36
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    NICK’S New Haven Style Brick Oven APIZZA “Always “Done Well” / Reopening September 15th / Beer & Wine Bar / APIZZAS / CALZONES / GRINDERS / SALADS

    2010 September 3, Palm Beach Sun, page 10

    Authentic apizzas are larger and more irregularly shaped than their New York relatives, and have deeply charred crusts, a result of traditional coal burning ovens.

    2014 April 8, “Dude Food: Pizza: The hungry man’s go-to”, in The Black & White, volume 52, number 8, Bethesda, Md.: Walt Whitman High School, page 12

    And don’t sleep through the house-made pastas: pillowy ricotta gnocchi, tucked into a lemony mascarpone and artichoke sauce, are good enough to steal the apizzas’ show.

    2016, The Michelin Guide: San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country, Michelin, →ISBN, page 256

    Pepe’s was founded by Frank Pepe in 1925 and they have made millions of their signature apizzas, topped with five ingredients: romano cheese, garlic, olive oil, parsley and clams.

    2020, Richard Taylor, James Watt, Martin Dickie, Brewdog: Craft Beer for the Geeks, Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN, page 162

    She ordered a New Haven classic, which also happens to be one of the most popular apizzas at Fantini’s — the white clam pizza.

    2022 April, Gabby Gregory, “The Place to Be: Fantini’s New Haven Style Apizza”, in Palm City Living, volume 538, page 28

Origin

  1. Neapolitanpizza“pizza”
  2. Englishapizza

Borrowed from Neapolitan pizza (“pizza”), with the feminine definite article 'a.

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APA

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“apizza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apizza. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apizza,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apizza.

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