Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
pilsner
noun · first attested 19th century
The world's default beer style is named for a Bohemian city.
A pale, strongly hopped lager.
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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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Plzeň
- In English
pilsner
The style was first brewed in Plzeň, German Pilsen, in 1842. The name spread with the method until it described the beer rather than the origin.
Czech Republic
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