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Cognac

cog·nac

UK/ˈkɒn.jæk/ US/ˈkəʊn.jæk/ fairly common

noun

1.

high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France

Origin

Borrowed from French cognac, from Cognac, a city in France, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum, from Proto-Celtic *-ākom.

Phrases

  • cognac glass

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