What does "roquefort" mean?

A blue cheese made from sheep unpasteurized milk, produced in the south of France.

Roquefort

Common synonyms include: blue cheese, blue-veined, cheese, ewe milk cheese, french blue cheese, model blue cheese.

noun

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Noun

1
A blue cheese made from sheep unpasteurized milk, produced in the south of France. countable, uncountable
2
French blue cheese wordnet

"I celebrated Bastille day with a baguette, Roquefort and a glass of mediocre French red."

From the name of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, a village in southern France where it originated.