cascavaddu

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From caciu (“cheese”) +‎ cavaḍḍu (“horse”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

cascavaḍḍu (plural cascavaḍḍi)

  1. (countable and uncountable) caciocavallo (type of cheese)
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قاشقوال (kaşkaval) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Italian: caciocavallo (calque) (together with Neapolitan) (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Akin to Italian cacciaccavallo.

Noun

cascavaḍḍu (plural cascavaḍḍi)

  1. (nautical, archaic) cacciaccavallo (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

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