longaínza

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Galician[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese *longueĩça, from Late Latin lucanicia, from Latin lūcānica, from Lucania where it was first made.[1] Cognate with Portuguese linguiça, Spanish longaniza, Basque lukainka and English lucanica.

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Noun[edit]

longaínza f (plural longaínzas)

  1. rustic pork sausage whose preparation varies locally
    Synonyms: chanfaina, choulán, chourela, chourizo

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “longaniza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos