lasagna
or la·sa·gne
[luh-zahn-yuh, lah-]
- large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta.
- a baked dish consisting of layers of this pasta, cheese, tomato sauce, and usually meat.
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Origin of lasagna
1840–50; < Italian < Vulgar Latin *lasania cooking pot (hence, apparently, the contents of the pot), for Latin lasanum, lasanus chamber pot < Greek lásana (plural), orig., trivet or stand for a pot
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The Boss even threw in an hour of guitar lessons, a lasagna dinner, and a ride in the sidecar of his motorcycle for good measure.
Then there was the black bear, which chased her, and an industrial pan of lasagna, down a wooden path.
The city and its environs are where lasagna, tortellini, and Bolognese sauce—not to mention bologna—originated.
And 100 layers of lasagna at Del Posto is the most delicious pasta known to mankind!
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The recipe calls for “thynne foyles as pap,” or leaves of paste as thin as paper—in other words, lasagna noodles.
Word Origin and History for lasagna
n.
"pasta cut in long, wide strips; a dish made from this," 1760 (as an Italian word in English), from Italian (plural is lasagne), from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum "a pot," from Greek lasanon "pot with feet, trivet."
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