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la⋅sa⋅gna
[luh-zahn-yuh, lah-] 
–noun
| 1. | large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta. |
| 2. | a baked dish consisting of layers of this pasta, cheese, tomato sauce, and usually meat. |
Also, la⋅sa⋅gne.
Origin:
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
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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| la·sa·gna also la·sa·gne (lə-zän'yə) n.
[Italian, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum, chamber pot, cooking pot, from Greek lasanon.] |
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lasagna
"pasta cut in long, wide strips; a dish made from this," 1760, from It. (pl. is lasagne), from V.L. *lasania, from L. lasanum "a pot," from Gk. lasanon "pot with feet, trivet."
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