capicola

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capicola

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From Italian capocollo or capicollo, from capo (“head”) + collo (“neck”), with pronunciation likely influenced by Neapolitan. Doublet of gabagool.

noun capicoli · capicolas · capicollo · capicolla · cappicola

countable, uncountable A traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole.
Similar: coppa, gabagool

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noun Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole

Português	copa
Italiano	capocollo

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@misc{capicola_2026,
  title = {capicola},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capicola},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}