[Magdalen] Piazza Martin Lutero.

[ME Michaud]

Not sure. AFAICT zz is pronounced ts, not tz.

English speakers dentalize the z sound to make it distinct from ss.
But the z in gorgonzola isn't dentalized in Italian.

There are lots of helpful pronunciation videos on the web.
-M

On Tuesday, August 25, 2015, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> I read something that suggested I'm mispronouncing a single "z"
> in Italian.
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> The double "z" is, of course, "tz" as in "pizza".
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> But the single "z" is "dz" such that the vegetable oil is "Madzola".
>
> There apparently is never a plain "z" sound in Italian as there is
> in the English "windows".
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