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caponata
[ kap-uh-nah-tuh ]
/ ˌkæp əˈnɑ tə /
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noun
a spread of chopped eggplant, tomatoes, onions, and capers, and sometimes pine nuts, anchovies, and olives, cooked in olive oil.
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Origin of caponata
First recorded in 1930-35; from Italian caponata, capponata, earlier Sicilian dialect capunata “sailor's salad of stale bread or hardtack soaked with oil, vinegar, and minced vegetables,” from Italian cappone, capon (from Latin cāpō-, stem of cāpō “castrated cock”) + -ata (from Latin -āta ); see origin at capon, -ade1
Words nearby caponata
cap'n, capo, capoeira, cap of maintenance, capon, caponata, Capone, Capone, Al, caponette, caponize, caporal
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British Dictionary definitions for caponata
caponata
/ (ˌkæpəˈnɑːtə) /
noun
(in Sicilian cookery) a dish of fried seasoned aubergine and other vegetables, served as an appetizer
Word Origin for caponata
Italian
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