margherita pizza
The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarellaThe traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella.
» Margarita is making a margherita pizza while drinking margaritas.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella.
Pizza Margherita, Margherita
Examples
2 sentencesMargarita is making a margherita pizza while drinking margaritas.
When the movie's over, we'll eat a wood-cooked margherita pizza.
Translations
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Origin
From Italian pizza Margherita, from Margherita of Savoy, the Queen of Italy, at the time tFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: margherita pizzasSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable