Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
gorgonzola
noun · first attested 19th century
The blue cheese is a town on the edge of Milan.
A veined Italian cow’s-milk cheese.
45.5333°N 9.4000°E · Q43055
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Gorgonzola
- In English
gorgonzola
Gorgonzola is a town in Lombardy that gave its name to the veined cheese. English uses the place-name for the cheese, whether or not a given wheel was made in the town itself.
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