pizzeria

noun

piz·​ze·​ria ˌpēt-sə-ˈrē-ə How to pronounce pizzeria (audio)
: an establishment where pizzas are made or sold

Examples of pizzeria in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There is a street-level Neapolitan pizzeria, and the first floor houses an Italian seafood restaurant featuring classic dishes. Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024 The Walnut Creek pizzeria offers housemade pasta, salads and three types of pizza, including a New York-style, a thin-crust tavern pizza and Sicilian pan pizza. Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024 Other Michigan cities with the best pizzerias included Wyoming, Warren, Dearborn, Lansing, Farmington Hills, Troy, Detroit, and Rochester Hills. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2024 The pizzeria is open until 1:30 a.m. every day but Sunday. Jill Wendholt Silva and Tyler Fox, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024 The trio opened their first pizzeria in 1966 and have since expanded to include locations across the Chicagoland area and Texas. Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024 The New York-style pizzeria also offers oversized cookies to pair with your pie. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024 Outside a pizzeria largely reduced to rubble by Israeli security forces because its manager was said to have shown sympathy for the Hamas attack in a Facebook post, Bilal Khmous stood assessing the damage. Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024 On Monday, the pizzeria owners announced a more than 2,000-square-foot expansion into a space that’s adjacent to the restaurant. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Italian, from pizza

First Known Use

circa 1912, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pizzeria was circa 1912

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“Pizzeria.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pizzeria. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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pizzeria

noun
piz·​ze·​ria ˌpēt-sə-ˈrē-ə How to pronounce pizzeria (audio)
: an establishment where pizzas are made or sold

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