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Gor⋅gon⋅zo⋅la

  [gawr-guhn-zoh-luh]
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–noun
a strongly flavored, semisoft variety of Italian milk cheese veined with mold.
Also called Gorgonzola cheese.

Origin:
1875–80; after Gorgonzola, Italy, a village near Milan, where it was first produced
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Gor·gon·zo·la   (gôr'gən-zō'lə)   
n.  A pungent, blue-veined, pressed Italian cheese made of cow's milk.

[After Gorgonzola, a town of northern Italy.]
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gorgonzola 
type of blue cheese, 1878, named for Gorgonzola, village near Milan, where it was first made.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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