cannolu

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  little
 * 2)  ; a traditional  specialty  consisting of a  filled with  or similar cream cheese, and other flavorings, typically eaten as a.

Usage notes

 * Outside of, cannoli are often described without further detail as an pastry, though cannoli are a regional specialty of the island of  (where both Sicilian and Sicilian dialects of Italian are spoken). In other parts of Italy the pastries will often be advertised specifically as ; the Italianized name cannolo borrowed from the original Sicilian along with the pastry itself. English is one of several languages which borrowed —the plural form of both Sicilian cannolu and Italian cannolo—as an  noun, rendering moot the question of exactly whence the loanword was derived.