Fontina

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy. countable, uncountable

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cheese

Etymology

From Italian fontina. The name likely originates from either the Fontin mountain pasture or the village of Fontinaz in the Aosta Valley, where the cheese is traditionally produced.

Related phrases

valle d aosta

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