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edam cheese

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E⋅dam

[ee-duhm, ee-dam; Du. ey-dahm]
–noun
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
Also called Edam cheese.


Origin:
1830–40; after Edam, town in the Netherlands, where it originated
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Edam 
1836, cheese named for Edam, village in Holland where it was originally made.
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