[ling-gwee-suh; Port. lin-gwee-sah, -suh] 
| a highly spiced Portuguese garlic sausage. |
| lin·gui·ça (lĭng-gwē'sə, -sä, lĭn-) n. A highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic, onions, and pepper. [Portuguese, probably ultimately from Late Latin longao, large intestine, from Latin longus, long; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.] |