Apizza
Neapolitan dialect (via New Haven, Connecticut) · pronounced ah-BEETS or ah-BEETZ (local pronunciation varies)
The specific term used for New Haven, Connecticut's own coal-oven pizza tradition, distinguishing it by name (not just style) from 'pizza' generally — a genuine local-dialect-derived term, not a marketing invention.
Literal meaning
Dialectal rendering of 'pizza'
Region
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Related
Evidence
Generally accepted- American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza — Ten Speed Press