See also: Caciocavallo

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Borrowed 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.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑːtʃəʊkəˈvɑːləʊ/

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caciocavallo (usually uncountable, plural caciocavallos)

  1. An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South.

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Etymology edit

From cacio (cheese) +‎ cavallo (horse), likely calqued from Neapolitan, or Sicilian cascavallu, modern cascavaddu, spoken in the area native of the cheese.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌka.t͡ʃo.kaˈval.lo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -allo
  • Hyphenation: ca‧cio‧ca‧vàl‧lo

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caciocavallo m (plural caciocavalli or cacicavalli)

  1. caciocavallo

References edit

  1. ^ caciocavallo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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