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noun
The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of margherita pizza.
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Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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History
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.
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