margherita pizza
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editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Noun
editmargherita pizza (countable and uncountable, plural margherita pizzas)
- The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella
Synonyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- pizza fritta (the original Naples pizza)
Translations
editpizza topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella
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Further reading
edit- Pizza Margherita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia