marinara

[ mahr-uh-nahr-uh, mar-uh-nar-uh ]

noun
  1. Italian Cooking. a highly seasoned sauce of tomatoes, garlic, and spices.

adjective
  1. garnished or served with marinara: shrimps marinara.

Origin of marinara

1
1945–50; <Italian (alla) marinara literally, in sailor's style, feminine of marinaro seafaring (adj.), sailor (noun) (dial., for Tuscan marinaio), equivalent to marin(a) sea, noun use of feminine of marinomarine + -aro<Latin -ārius-ary

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