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neapolitan wafer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
neapoli-tan wafer
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A layered wafer biscuit usually filled with chocolate cream.

Etymology

Coined by Josef Manner (founder of Manner, who invented this type of wafer) in 1898. The hazelnuts they used were imported from the Naples region, hence "Neapolitan".

Inflected Forms

Neapolitan wafers (plural)

Questions

What does neapolitan wafer mean?
A layered wafer biscuit usually filled with chocolate cream.
Where does neapolitan wafer come from?
Coined by Josef Manner (founder of Manner, who invented this type of wafer) in 1898. The hazelnuts they used were imported from the Naples region, hence "Neapolitan".

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