This essentially means 'long pasta' and may refer to any of the long vermicellis, spaghettis, macaronis etc. In Sardinia it is a name for alistanzas. This is a pasta from Sardinia which consists of a thin sheet of pasta dough is cut into irregular shapes with a toothed wheel and then hung to dry. It is then boiled in water or broth and served with ragù of some kind it's almost a kind of Sardinian lasagne..
