fontina

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noun

A pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy.

OriginItalian fontina →
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Meanings

nounfontina (countable and uncountable, plural fontinas)

plural fontinas

  1. countableuncountableA pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy.

Origin

  1. Italianfontina
  2. Englishfontina

From Italian fontina. The name likely originates from either the Fontin mountain pasture or the village of Fontinaz in the Aosta Valley, where the cheese is traditionally produced.

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