włoszczyzna

From włoski +‎ -yzna, as these vegetables are traditionally thought to have been brought to Poland by the Italian duchess Bona Sforza.

• IPA^(key): /vwɔʂˈt͡ʂɘz.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɘzna
• Syllabification: włosz‧czyz‧na

włoszczyzna f

1. (cooking) mirepoix (mix of vegetables including carrots, root parsley, celery, and leek, sometimes also Savoy cabbage or white cabbage and leaf parsley, used to prepare soup)
2. Italian (language)
3. Italianness

• włoszczyzna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• włoszczyzna in Polish dictionaries at PWN