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spaghetti western

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English

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Etymology

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From spaghetti +‎ western, pasta being a famously Italian product.

Noun

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spaghetti western (plural spaghetti westerns)

  1. (film) A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.
    Synonyms: Italo-western, spaghetti
    Hypernyms: Eurowestern, western, movie, film
    A Fistful of Dollars” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” are famous spaghetti westerns.
    • 2010, Howard Hughes, Spaghetti Westerns[1], Oldcastle Books, →ISBN:
      Over the years Django Kill has gained a reputation as the most violent Spaghetti Western and, though the film has tempered with age, it's still one of the oddest genre contributions.

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English, from spaghetti (in turn borrowed from Italian) + western.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spaˈɡet.ti ˈwɛ.stern/
  • Hyphenation: spa‧ghét‧ti‧wè‧stern

Noun

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spaghetti western m (invariable)

  1. (film) spaghetti western, Italo-western (western film produced in Europe by an Italian company)
    Synonym: western all'italiana
    Hypernyms: western, film, pellicola