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ziti

or zit·ti

[zee-tee]
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noun Italian Cookery.
  1. a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
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Origin of ziti

1925–30; < Italian zite, ziti, plural of zita, zito, of uncertain origin
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Word Origin and History for ziti

n.

type of tubular pasta, plural of zita (1845), from Italian.

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