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fontina

fontina noun: a pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy.

fontina: a pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy
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Noun

fontina (countable and uncountable, plural fontinas)

  1. A pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy.

Forms of fontina

pluralfontinas

Origin of fontina

From Italian fontina. The name likely originates from either the Fontin mountain pasture or the village of Fontinaz in the Aosta Valley, where the cheese is traditionally produced.

Questions about fontina

What does fontina mean?
Fontina means a pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy.
What part of speech is fontina?
Fontina is a noun.
What is the plural of fontina?
The plural of fontina is fontinas.

Words near fontina in the dictionary

  1. Fontez
  2. fontful
  3. Fonthill Gifford
  4. fonticuli
  5. fonticulus
  6. fontina
  7. fontinal
  8. fontinas
  9. fontinella
  10. fontinellas
  11. fonting

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