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Cognac

//ˈkɒn.jæk// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy.
Noun
  1. 1
    A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France. countable, uncountable

    "Major manufacturers add a small proportion of caramel to color their cognacs."

  2. 2
    high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French cognac, from Cognac, a city in France, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum, from Proto-Celtic *-ākom.

Etymology 2

From French Cognac, from Occitan Conhac, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius, Cominia + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum (from Latin -ācea).

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