Caponata Definition
käpə-nätə
noun
A relish made of chopped eggplant, olives, onions, celery, and herbs in olive oil, usually served as an antipasto.
Webster's New World
Origin of Caponata
Italian caponata, capponata from cappone capon (probably as in cappone di galera (literally, “galley capon”), a sailor's dish of cold moistened hardtack and other ingredients) from Old Italian from Latin cāpō, cāpōn-
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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