In my family, the red sauce was always called "sugu" (sp). Don't know if it's slang or just perhaps Sicilian, or from a certain part of Silicy, but with or without meat it was sugu. This was passed on of course by both my grandparents who were from Sicily, so I have every reason to believe it was carried on from them but how it originated I don't know.
Now that I think about it, I did have an older cousin here in CA who I visited a few time and I believe she referred to the red sauce as gravy too. She was from my mom's side of the family so I don't know how/why the differences. Interesting though.
TIS
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