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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Legends finds Jackson playing Victor, a former boxing champ and pizzeria owner. Sharareh Drury, People.com, 30 May 2025 Restaurant news: My Pi closing last pizzeria in Bucktown after 54 years of deep dish My Pi, the pizzeria founded on deep dish in Chicago, which once had 17 restaurants across the country, will close its last shop after 54 years next month. Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025 Tactics included the killing of 21 mostly teenaged girls and the wounding of 130 young people waiting in line to enter Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium disco, bombing pizzerias filled with young mothers and kids, bombings and shootings in restaurants and holiday festivities, and firebombing city buses. Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025 In August 2020, Heller started selling bagels and sandwiches, pop-up style at Paulie Gee’s pizzeria in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where its popularity offered proof of concept. Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pizzeria

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 18 Jun. 2025.

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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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