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Banon

/bæˈnɒ̃/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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As noun
  1. 1

    A small, unpressed, soft goat's milk cheese from Provence, France, typically wrapped in chestnut leaves and tied with raffia.

    "The cheese board featured a creamy Banon with a distinct herbal aroma from its chestnut leaf wrapping."

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Derived from the small village of Banon in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region of France. The name historically applies to the distinct goat's milk cheese wrapped in chestnut leaves that originated in this mountainous commune.

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