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cal⋅zo⋅ne

[kal-zoh-ney, -nee, -zohn; It. kahl-zaw-ne]
–noun Italian Cookery.
a turnover made of pizza dough, usually containing cheese, prosciutto, and herbs or garlic and either baked or fried.

Origin:
1945–50; < It: lit., trouser leg (calzoni (pl.) trousers), masc. aug. of calza stocking < VL *calcea, for L calceus shoe, deriv. of calx heel
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cal·zo·ne   (käl-sō'ně, kāl-zō'nē, -zōn')   
n.  A baked or fried Italian turnover of pizza dough filled with vegetables, meat, or cheese.

[Italian, pant leg, calzone, from calza, sock, from Vulgar Latin *calcea, from Latin calceus, shoe; see calceolate.]
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