stromboli
stromboli Lexical Profile
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American An Italian-American dish consisting of pizza dough rolled or folded around fillings such as cheese, cold cuts, and vegetables, then baked.
"For the dinner party, we ordered a massive pepperoni and mozzarella stromboli from the local pizzeria."
A small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily, famous for containing one of the three active volcanoes in Italy.
Word Nuance & Usage
As a food, a stromboli is often confused with a calzone; however, a stromboli is typically rolled into a cylindrical shape and sliced, whereas a calzone is folded into a half-moon shape.
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Word Origin & Etymology
The island's name derives from the Ancient Greek 'Strongúlē', meaning 'the round one.' The Italian-American dish was named in the 1950s by a restaurant owner in Pennsylvania, inspired by the 1950 film 'Stromboli' starring Ingrid Bergman.
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