Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
gouda
noun · first attested 18th century
The cheese is named for the market that sold it.
A Dutch cow’s-milk cheese, typically mild and round.
52.0167°N 4.7083°E · Q33439340
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
Explanations here are written for this atlas. Dictionary text is not copied; the sources are linked so the claim can be checked.
- Step 1
Gouda
- In English
gouda
Gouda in South Holland was the market town through which the regional cheese was traded. English borrowed the town’s name as the name of the cheese.
Netherlands
All 9 entries 8 more words from Netherlands
delftThe blue and white pottery is named for a Dutch city.DelftLimburgerThe cheese is named for a duchy split across three countries.LimburgDutch doorEnglish has a whole set of phrases that use Dutch as a slight.NetherlandsBelle de BoskoopA Dutch nursery town's chance seedling became a standard European baking apple.BoskoopDutch rubIt joins Dutch courage and Dutch uncle in English's long grudge against the Dutch.Netherlandsguelder roseNot a rose, and the "Guelders" in the name is a vanished Dutch duchy.Gelderlandhollandaise sauceA thoroughly French sauce called Dutch, for reasons nobody has ever pinned down.NetherlandsDutch ShepherdThe brindle coat exists to stop anyone confusing it with the German shepherd.Netherlands