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asiago

asiago noun: a hard Italian cheese similar to Parmesan.

Noun

asiago (countable and uncountable, plural asiagos)

  1. A hard Italian cheese similar to Parmesan.

Proper noun capitalized: Asiago

Asiago

  1. A township near Vicenza in the Veneto, Italy.

Forms of asiago

pluralasiagos

Origin of asiago

Named after the northern Italian town of Asiago.

From Italian Asiago (Venetan Axiago), from Medieval Latin Axiglagum, a predial name from a name like Asellius or Acilius. The Cimbrian name is Slege and the German name is Schlägen, both also deriving from the Latin (Aselago → Selago → Slago → Slege).

Words formed from asiago

  • Asiago cheese

Questions about asiago

What does asiago mean?
Asiago means a hard Italian cheese similar to Parmesan.
What part of speech is asiago?
Asiago can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of asiago?
The plural of asiago is asiagos.

Words near asiago in the dictionary

  1. Asiad
  2. asiadapine
  3. asiadapines
  4. Asiadollar
  5. Asiadollars
  6. asiago
  7. asiagos
  8. asialated
  9. asialism
  10. asialo-
  11. asialo-choriogonadotropin

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