margherita pizza

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margherita pizza¹

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From Italian pizza Margherita, from Margherita of Savoy, the Queen of Italy, at the time the pizza pie was renamed/formally named in her honour, with the colours of the Italian flag of reunification, red (tomato), white (mozzarella), green (basil). Pizza topped in this manner was already traditional in Naples before acquiring its current name.

noun margherita pizzas · Margherita pizza · pizza margherita · pizza Margherita

  1. countable, uncountable The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella.

    Similar: Margherita, margherita

Margherita pizza²

noun Margherita pizzas

  1. countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of margherita pizza

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noun pizza topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella

Françaispizza margherita
DeutschPizza Margherita, Margherita
Italianopizza Margherita, pizza margherita

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@misc{margherita_pizza_2026,
  title = {margherita pizza},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/margherita%20pizza},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}