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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
linguiça
 
SYLLABICATION:lin·gui·ça
PRONUNCIATION:  lng-gws, -sä, ln-
NOUN: A highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic, onions, and pepper.
ETYMOLOGY:Portuguese, probably ultimately from Late Latin longao, large intestine, from longus, long. See del-1 in Appendix I.
 
 
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