Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic, onions, and pepper.
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- noun Alternative form of
linguica .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Portuguese, from Old Portuguese linguaínça, from Vulgar Latin *longānicia, a type of sausage, alteration (influenced by Latin longus, long, and possibly longāvō, longāvōn-, rectum, a type of sausage) of Latin lūcānica, Lucanian-style smoked sausage, from Lūcānia, Lucania (ancient region of southern Italy).]
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