Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
roquefort
noun · first attested 19th century
The blue cheese is a village in the Aveyron.
A blue sheep’s-milk cheese aged in limestone caves.
43.9767°N 2.9889°E · Q476887
Record
- 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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- Step 1
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
- In English
roquefort
Roquefort is named for Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, whose caves are used to age the cheese. English uses the village name for the cheese itself.
France
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