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adj
Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, postpositional
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, uncountable, usually
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History
Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.
