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domiati

domiati noun: a soft white salty cheese made primarily in Egypt.

domiati: a soft white salty cheese made primarily in Egypt
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Noun

domiati (uncountable)

  1. a soft white salty cheese made primarily in Egypt
    • Then, during the curing, domiati is pickled in salt whey or salt milk brine for four to eight months.1982, L. Patrick Coyle, “Domiati”, in The World Encyclopedia of Food, New York, N.Y.: Facts On File, Inc., →ISBN, page 234, column 1
    • Domiati cheese tastes salty and has been described as being chewy in a way that is almost squeaky on the teeth.2016 October 25, The Oxford Companion to Cheese, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233

Forms of domiati

alternative formDomiati

Origin of domiati

From Arabic دُمْيَاطِي (dumyāṭī), from دُمْيَاط (dumyāṭ, “Damietta city”).

Questions about domiati

What does domiati mean?
Domiati means a soft white salty cheese made primarily in Egypt.
What part of speech is domiati?
Domiati is a noun.

Words near domiati in the dictionary

  1. dometts
  2. domey
  3. domeykite
  4. domeykites
  5. Domhnall
  6. domiati
  7. domic
  8. domical
  9. domically
  10. domichnial
  11. domichnion

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