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majolica

American  
[muh-jol-i-kuh, muh-yol-] / məˈdʒɒl ɪ kə, məˈyɒl- /

noun

  1. Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usually highly decorated.

  2. any earthenware having an opaque glaze of tin oxide.

majolica British  
/ məˈdʒɒlɪkə, məˈjɒl- /

noun

  1. a type of porous pottery glazed with bright metallic oxides that was originally imported into Italy via Majorca and was extensively made in Italy during the Renaissance

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Etymology

Origin of majolica

1545–55; ear-lier maiolica < Italian < Medieval Latin, variant of Late Latin Mājorica Majorca, where it was made

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