caciocavallo
See also: Caciocavallo
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian caciocavallo, from cacio (“cheese”) + a cavallo (“on horseback”), from Sicilian casucavaḍḍu, from the custom of draping two cheeses over a pole to dry. Doublet of kashkaval.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaciocavallo (usually uncountable, plural caciocavallos)
Related terms
editTranslations
editItalian cheese type — see also kashkaval
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Further reading
edit- caciocavallo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom cacio (“cheese”) + cavallo (“horse”), likely calqued from Neapolitan, or Sicilian cascavallu, modern cascavaddu, spoken in the area native of the cheese.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaciocavallo m (plural caciocavalli or cacicavalli)
References
edit- ^ caciocavallo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Further reading
edit- caciocavallo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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