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Gru⋅yère

  [groo-yair, gri-; Fr. gry-yer]
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–noun
a firm, pale-yellow cheese, made of whole milk and having small holes, produced chiefly in France and Switzerland.
Also called Gru⋅yère cheese.

Origin:
1795–1805; after Gruyère district in Switzerland where the cheese is made
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Gru·yère   (grōō-yâr', grē-)   
n.  A nutty, pale yellow, firm cheese made from cow's milk.

[French, after Gruyère, a district of west-central Switzerland.]
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Gruyère 
1802, from the name of the Swiss town where the cheese is made.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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