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Caer⋅phil⋅ly

  [kahr-fil-ee]
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–noun
a mild, white, crumbly, medium-hard cheese, originally made in Wales.
Also called Caerphilly cheese.

Origin:
after Caerphilly (Welsh Caerffili), town in S Wales where it was orig. made
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caer·phil·ly or Caer·phil·ly   (kär-fĭl'ē)   
n.  A mild white Welsh cheese.

[After Caerphilly, a district of southeast Wales.]
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Caerphilly

county borough, southeastern Wales. The area west of the River Rhymney forms part of the historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), and the area east of the river belongs to the historic county of Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy). Caerphilly county borough extends from the edge of Brecon Beacons National Park in the north to the outskirts of the city of Cardiff in the south and includes several deep valleys separated by wooded hills

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