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nduja.

A type of spicy, spreadable salami from Calabria.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/(ə)nˈduːjə/
  1. A type of spicy, spreadable salami from Calabria.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From ‛nduja in the Southern Calabrian dialect (either the Reggino or the Chjàna subdialect) of Sicilian, borrowed from Old French andoille, ultimately from Latin indūcō (“cover, overlay”). Doublet of andouille.

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