apizza; pie

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>I can confirm that in Neapolitan dialect "la pizza" is written "a pizza"
>and pronounced "/a pizz/". So, I agree with Steve Boatti about the origin
>of the word "apizza" in New Haven, CT.

OK, so what is the sense of "apizza" in this item?

http://www.repubblica.it/forum/votoestero/x990415195002.html

<<Poi, siete tutti contenti quando venite all'estero e potete mangiare un
bel piatto di pasta o un apizza.>>

Is "un apizza" here to be equated to "un[a] la pizza"? Seems odd to me.

Is it just a typographical error?

Then what about this one?

http://www.luccaonline.it/clienti/lapizza/

Is this "L'Apizza" equivalent to "La La Pizza" (even though it's not in Los
Angeles)?

Here is "l'apizza capricciosa".

http://www.editricezona.it/contorni.html

(BTW these aren't from Connecticut.)

I'm still mystified.

-- Doug Wilson