Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Kobe beef
noun · first attested 20th century
The cattle are not from Kobe; the foreigners who ate them were.
Beef from Tajima-strain cattle raised in Hyogo Prefecture and graded against a strict marbling standard.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Kobe
- In English
Kobe beef
Tajima cattle come from the rural north of Hyogo Prefecture, but the beef reached Western diners through Kobe, the port opened to foreign residents in 1868, and took the port's name rather than the herd's. Only a few thousand carcasses qualify each year, so most Kobe beef sold outside Japan is something else entirely.
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