# pizza

Pronunciation: say "PEET-suh" /ˈpiːtsə/

## Noun

1. A baked Italian dish of flat bread dough with toppings, usually tomato sauce and cheese along with other ingredients; also, one such dish.
   - Simple: A flat round bread baked with toppings on it, usually tomato and cheese.
   - _We had pizza for dinner again last night._
   - _Let's order two large pizzas for the party._

## Origin

From the Italian of Naples, where pizza is recorded from the 1500s, and found in English writing about Italy by the 1820s. Its earlier origin is uncertain, possibly linked to Medieval Greek píta ('cake, pie').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pizza (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).