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Aringa is the Italian word for herring, a kind of fish. Herring are usually imported or smoked in Italy.

Aringa is pronounced "ah-reen-gah". Aringhe is the plural form

Arista is the Italian term for spitted or oven-roasted pork.

English: Lantern fish / Deutsch: Laternenfisch / Español: Pez linterna / Português: Peixe lanterna / Français: Poisson lanterne / Italiano: Pesce lanterna /

Arzilla is the Italian generic word for rays and skates, kinds of cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside.

Asparagi is the Italian word for asparagus, usually served boiled and cold with mayonnaise, or served cut up in pasta or risotto.

Al burro is the Italian term which means "cooked in butter". Sometimes, butter is melted into pasta and then served with grated Parmesan cheese

Animelle di vitello is an Italian dish of veal sweetbreads frequently fried in butter and cooked in Marsala.

Animelle di Vitello is pronounced "ah-nee-mehl-eh dee vee-tehl-loh"