cannoli

Meaning

Noun

A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.

Origin

Borrowed from Sicilian cannoli, plural of cannolu, from Latin cannula equivalent to canna (“cane, tube”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix)

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