pizza margherita
English
Noun
pizza margherita (plural pizzas margherita or pizzas margheritas or pizza margheritas)
- Alternative form of margherita pizza
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Etymology
Borrowed from 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.
Italian
Etymology
pizza + Margherita. From Margherita of Savoy, the Queen of Italy, at the time the pizza pie was renamed/formally named in her honour/honor, with the colours/colors 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.