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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A blue-veined Italian cheese, made from cow's milk. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   Alternative form of gorgonzola (“cheese”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
3. 3
   Italian blue cheese wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A city in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian Gorgonzola, a town in northern Italy where the cheese originated.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Gorgonzola.

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