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cotija

cotija noun: a hard, dry cheese from Mexico.

Noun

cotija (countable and uncountable, plural cotijas)

  1. A hard, dry cheese from Mexico.
    • The namesake maize de cantina, one of the starters, is a big, sweet ear of local corn dripping with chipotle butter and glazed with melted cotija cheese.2009 August 30, Joanne Starkey, “Latin Flavors That Fuse Tradition and Innovation”, in New York Times

Forms of cotija

pluralcotijas

Origin of cotija

Named for the Mexican town of Cotija.

Questions about cotija

What does cotija mean?
Cotija means a hard, dry cheese from Mexico.
What part of speech is cotija?
Cotija is a noun.
What is the plural of cotija?
The plural of cotija is cotijas.

Words near cotija in the dictionary

  1. cotias
  2. coticular
  3. coticule
  4. coticules
  5. cotidal
  6. cotija
  7. cotijas
  8. cotillage
  9. Cotillard
  10. cotillion
  11. cotillion ball

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