What does "capicola" mean?

A traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole.

What is a synonym for "capicola"?

Common synonyms include: coppa, coppa, gabagool, gabagool.

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A traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole. countable, uncountable

From Italian capocollo or capicollo, from capo (“head”) + collo (“neck”), with pronunciation likely influenced by Neapolitan. Doublet of gabagool.

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