stromboli
noun
strom·bo·li sträm-ˈbō-lē 
plural strombolis
: bread dough that is rolled or sometimes folded around a filling often composed of cheese, cold cuts, vegetables, and sauce and then baked
A close relative of pizza, stromboli is made, essentially, by rolling up an unbaked pizza like a log, tucking in the ends as you go.
Joy Manning
Joy ManningLately, I've been making the giant dumpling known as a stromboli—essentially a pizza rolled like a cigar and baked. Joe Blundo
Joe Blundo
Word History
Etymology
probably after Stromboli (1950), film by the Italian director Roberto Rossellini (1906-77), which is set on the island of stromboli
Note: Various claims have been made for the invention of the dish. Probably the most widely circulated one credits it to an Italian immigrant named Nazzareno Romano, who owned a restaurant in Essington, Pennsylvania, and allegedly introduced the stromboli in 1950. This claim would appear to be supported by an early print instance of the word, in the Philadelphia Inquirer (April 10, 1950, p. 21): "In South Philadelphia, the hogie sandwich is now called Stromboli" (in the "It's Happening Here" column by Frank Brookhouser).
First Known Use
1970, in the meaning defined above
Geographical Definition
Stromboli
geographical name
Strom·bo·li ˈsträm-bō-(ˌ)lē
variants or ancient Strongyle
ˈsträn-jə-ˌlē
1
island of Italy in the Lipari Islands
2
volcano 3038 feet (926 meters) high on the island of Stromboli
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