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manouri

manouri noun: a Greek semi-soft cheese made from the milk of goats or sheep.

Noun

manouri (uncountable)

  1. A Greek semi-soft cheese made from the milk of goats or sheep.
    • My favorite Greek cheese is the creamy, sheepy manouri: delicately scented and almost spreadable, it’s like a softer, pudgier feta.2007 September 9, Sara Dickerman, “Olympic Dinners”, in New York Times

Origin of manouri

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μανούρι (manoúri).

Questions about manouri

What does manouri mean?
Manouri means a Greek semi-soft cheese made from the milk of goats or sheep.
What part of speech is manouri?
Manouri is a noun.

Words near manouri in the dictionary

  1. Manotas
  2. manoucheh
  3. Manoukian
  4. Manoukians
  5. manour
  6. manouri
  7. manours
  8. manoushe
  9. manousheh
  10. manouver
  11. manouvre

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