lasagna

lasagna
/leuh zahn"yeuh, lah-/, n.
1. large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta.
2. a baked dish consisting of layers of this pasta, cheese, tomato sauce, and usually meat.
Also, lasagne.
[1840-50; < It < VL *lasania cooking pot (hence, appar., the contents of the pot), for L lasanum, lasanus chamber pot < Gk lásana (pl.), orig., trivet or stand for a pot]

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