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Stromboli is American, from Philadelphia. It was named after a movie about a Sicilian island that was popular in 1950, because they just wanted to give it an Italian sounding name.

Afaik they don't serve those in Italy or even that far away from Philadelphia. So "in the USA that can be anything" is ... I guess accurate, for a regional American dish

They are served in Puerto Rico. I find that amusing because there’s local types not found anywhere else.

The Italians, for revenge, do their own cheesesteak sandwich.

Just because some people abuse the language out of ignorance does not make them right ;-)

In Italy it's even worse, it can even be made of rock, dirt and lava.