Ricotta

Borrowed from Italian Ricotta.

Ricotta (plural Ricottas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ricotta is the 27604^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 872 individuals. Ricotta is most common among White (95.99%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ricotta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• citator, tarotic

Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.

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• IPA^(key): /ʁiˈkɔta/
• Hyphenation: Ri‧cot‧ta

Ricotta m (strong, genitive Ricottas, no plural)

1. ricotta (Italian whey cheese)