Majolica
[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.
/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
n.
Italian glazed pottery, 1550s, from Italian Majolica, 14c. name of island now known as Majorca in the Balearics, from Latin maior (see major (adj.)); so called because it is the largest of the three islands. The best pottery of this type was said to have been made there.
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