Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longganisa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: long-gan-isa
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of longaniza.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Irene Santos, a fourth-generation empanada monger, has the longganisa filling made early in the day."
"Drawing on Charlene’s love of sharing her Filipino heritage and Darren’s love of the grill, the Fattened Caf turns out a citrusy, charry take on a St. Louis backyard staple with its Pinoy Pork Steak, and it has added its savory-sweet longganisa to the list of the area’s great grilled sausages."
"Besides house-made pastries such as calamansi doughnuts, ensaymada, bibingka, and ube handpies, breakfast options will include the Rich Tita with pork longganisa (a sausage similar to chorizo), egg, and Cooper sharp cheese; […]"

Etymology

From Tagalog longganisa. Doublet of linguica and longaniza.

Word Breakdown

Root: longganisa

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

longaniza

Questions

What does longganisa mean?: Synonym of longaniza.
Where does longganisa come from?: From Tagalog longganisa. Doublet of linguica and longaniza.

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