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Well attestedNamed for a product of the place

Olomouc cheese

noun · first attested 19th century

Named for Olomouc, but actually made in a small town called Lostice.

A pungent ripened Czech curd cheese sold as small yellow discs, with almost no fat in it.

Olomouc·Czech Republic

49.5939°N 17.2508°E · Q81137

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The cheese reached buyers through the markets of Olomouc, which is how the city's name stuck to it, while production settled up the road in Lostice, where a factory has run since the 19th century. It holds a protected European designation and is ripened from skimmed curd rather than enriched with cream.

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