Etymology

manchego

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Today it means: A firm, compact cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain, aged for between 60 days and two years and made from the milk of Manchega sheep. Full definition →

Spanish manchego
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed frommanchego“from La Mancha”
  2. English todayManchego

Borrowed from Spanish manchego (“from La Mancha”).

Words from the same roots

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Manchegan

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