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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