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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 PizzaTen Speed Press