Meaning and background
The story behind Broccoli
Broccoli is an Italian-derived English word for a familiar vegetable, with a thick stalk and edible green or purple flower heads. Italian broccoli is historically the plural of broccolo, which points back to a word for a sprout or shoot. It makes an unmistakable playful food name for a dog, but its vegetable meaning should not be mistaken for a traditional personal-name heritage.
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About Broccoli
Recorded as a dog’s name
Broccoli appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/bɹɑkəli/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/bɹɑkəli/ · primary stress on syllable 1B R AA1 K AH0 L IY0
/bɹɑkli/ · primary stress on syllable 1B R AA1 K L IY0
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
Dictionary readings have 2 or 3 syllables.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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