caciocavallo
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caciocavallo
- /ˌkɑːtʃəʊkəˈvɑːləʊ/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian caciocavallo, from cacio (“cheese”) + a cavallo (“on horseback”), from Sicilian casucavaḍḍu, from the custom of draping two cheeses over a pole to dry. Doublet of kashkaval.
noun caciocavallos
- An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South.
Translations
Every language
noun Italian cheese type
| 한국어 | 카치오카발로 kachiokaballo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | カチョカヴァッロ kachokavarro |
| Français | caciocavallo, kachkaval |
| Deutsch | Caciocavallo, Kaschkawal |
| Italiano | caciocavallo |
| Ελληνικά | κασκαβάλι kaskaváli |
| Română | cașcaval |
| Русский | качокава́лло kačokavállo, кашкава́л kaškavál |
| العربية | قَشْقَوَان qašqawān |
| עברית | קשקבל |
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