gorgonzola

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noun

A blue-veined Italian cheese, made from cow's milk.

UncommonScrabble 21

Meanings

gorgonzola1

noungorgonzola (countable and uncountable, plural gorgonzolas)

plural gorgonzolas

  1. countableuncountableA blue-veined Italian cheese, made from cow's milk.

Gorgonzola2

proper noun
nounGorgonzola (countable and uncountable, plural Gorgonzolas)

plural Gorgonzolas

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of gorgonzola (“cheese”).

Origin

gorgonzola · noun

  1. ItalianGorgonzola
  2. Englishgorgonzola

Borrowed from Italian Gorgonzola, a town in northern Italy where the cheese originated.

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Gorgonzola · proper noun, noun

  1. ItalianGorgonzola
  2. ItalianGorgonzola
  3. EnglishGorgonzola

Borrowed from Italian Gorgonzola.

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Translations

Czech gorgonzola
  • gorgonzolaItalian cheese
Finnish gorgonzola, gorgonzolajuusto
  • gorgonzolaItalian cheese
  • gorgonzolajuustoItalian cheese
French gorgonzola
  • gorgonzolaItalian cheese
Italian gorgonzola
  • gorgonzolaItalian cheese
Japanese ゴルゴンゾーラ
  • ゴルゴンゾーラ (gorugonzōra)Italian cheese
Korean 고르곤졸라
  • 고르곤졸라 (goreugonjolla)Italian cheese
Polish gorgonzola
  • gorgonzolaItalian cheese
Portuguese gorgonzola
  • gorgonzolaItalian cheese
Romanian gorgonzola
  • gorgonzolaItalian cheese
Russian горгондзола
  • горгондзола (gorgondzola)Italian cheese
Spanish gorgonzola
  • gorgonzolaItalian cheese
Turkish gorgonzola, gorgonzola peyniri
  • gorgonzolaItalian cheese
  • gorgonzola peyniriItalian cheese
Ukrainian горгондзола
  • горгондзола (horhondzola)Italian cheese

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

gorgonzola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgonzola

MLA

“gorgonzola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgonzola. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gorgonzola,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgonzola.

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