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Pizza vs Za - What's the difference?

pizza | za |

As a noun pizza

is pizza.

pizza

English

Alternative forms

(wikipedia pizza) * pitza (South African English)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit
    • a slice of pizza
    a pizza pie
    Want to go out for pizza tonight?
  • (countable) A single instance of this dish
    • He ate a whole pizza !
    Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?

    Usage notes

    * In phrases like (term) and (term), (term) refers to the toppings.

    Synonyms

    * pizza pie * pie

    Derived terms

    * pizza bone * pizza cutter * pizza face * pizza man * pizza parlor * pizza puff * pizza wheel * pizzeria * sheet pizza

    za

    English

    (wikipedia za)

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from pizza.

    Alternative forms

    * 'za

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Pizza.
  • * 1994 , Sara Borins, The Real Guide to Canadian Universities , ISBN 1550135333, page 130:
    • In fact, not ordering a SUB or ZA (pizza) is almost impossible since places to eat in Sackville include Subway'' (subs), ''Ed's'' (subs), Joey's (subs and za ), ''Pizza Delight'' (mostly za), ''The Snack Shop'' (subs and za) and ''One Plus One (subs and za).
  • * 2006 , Lee Simon, The restaurant dream?: an inside look at restaurant development, from concept to reality , ISBN 0910627835, page 44:
    • But Chris, using some of his dated terminology, insisted that he wanted "za " for dinner. Back when Chris was a youngster in college, "za" was short for pizza--as if pizza were a lengthy word needing abbreviating.
  • * 2010 , Jim Butcher, Turn Coat :
    • They call me the Za -Lord.

    Etymology 2

    Article

    (head)

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