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teorema
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Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?
"Macaroni" is a very old synonym for "pasta". It used to have a different broader meaning than the shape.
Carioca
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In (Brazilian) Portuguese, all pasta is called "macarrão", no doubt from the old Italian word
mejutoco
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To add a couple more examples; in polish "Makaron" is all pasta (same as above), while in German "Nudeln" (noodles) is also synonymous with all pasta (even maccaroni!).
jacobolus
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E.g. the French "macaron" comes from this Italian word.
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