"Italian sandwich" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Italian sandwiches [plural]
Etymology: The sandwich was invented in Portland, Maine, in 1903 by Giovanni Amato, an Italian-American baker. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Italian sandwich (plural Italian sandwiches)
  1. (US, especially Maine) A type of submarine sandwich consisting of Italian bread or French bread sliced lengthwise, filled with salami or ham with cheese and onion. Wikidata QID: Q25004038 Tags: Maine, US, especially Synonyms: Italian sub, Italian sub sandwich, Italian submarine sandwich Hypernyms: submarine sandwich[submarine sandwich|there]]>, sandwich, food Related terms: Italian[Appendix:Glossary [alternative]
    Sense id: en-Italian_sandwich-en-noun-en:Q25004038 Categories (other): American English
  2. (US, loosely) Any submarine sandwich. Wikidata QID: Q776904 Tags: US, broadly Hypernyms: sandwich, food Translations (type of sandwich): täytetty sämpylä (Finnish), often named according to the filling (Finnish), see e.g. kinkkusämpylä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Italian_sandwich-en-noun-en:Q776904 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Sandwiches Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Sandwiches: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'type of sandwich': 37 63

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