Meanings
plural longanisas
- A Spanish sausage similar to chorizo.
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If the cooking at Phil-Am Kusina is sometimes distracted, that may be because Mr. Imperial is busy these days; he also manages his parents’ grocery store, and this year started a food truck called Sisig City, currently stationed in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and offering the likes of lechon sliders and longanisa sausage “mini dogs,” for delivery only.
2016 June 30, Ligaya Mishan, “Phil-Am Kusina, a Ray of Philippine Sun on Staten Island”, in New York Times
Origin
- Spanishlonganiza
- Englishlonganisa
Borrowed from Spanish longaniza. Doublet of lucanica.
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longanisa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longanisa
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