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C0461000 (kôn′yăk′, kŏn′-, kô-nyäk′) A city of western France on the Charente River north-northeast of Bordeaux. It is famous for its distilleries, which have manufactured cognac since the 18th century.

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C0460900 (kōn′yăk′, kŏn′-, kôn′-)n. A brandy distilled from white wine and produced in the vicinity of Cognac.

Cognac

(ˈkɒnjæk; French kɔɲak) n1. (Placename) a town in SW France: centre of the district famed for its brandy. Pop: 19 066 (2008)2. (Brewing) (sometimes not capital) a high-quality grape brandy

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(ˈkoʊn yæk, ˈkɒn-, ˈkɔn-)

n. 1. (often cap.) the brandy produced near the town of Cognac, in W central France. 2. (loosely) any good brandy. [1585–95; < French]

Thesaurus

Noun

Cognac - high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of Francebrandy - distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice

Translations

法国白兰地酒

cognac

(ˈkonjӕk) a kind of high-quality French brandy. 法国白兰地酒

Cognac

(kônyäk`), city (1990 pop. 19,932), Charente dept., W France, in Angoumois, on the Charente River. The French brandy to which Cognac gives its name has been manufactured and exported from the city since the 18th cent. The city was the birthplace of Francis I and was a Huguenot stronghold in the 16th cent.

Cognac

a city in western France, in Charente Department, situated amid vineyards in the Charente Valley. Population, 21,100 (1968). The city is famous as a wine-making center and gives its name to the brandy produced there.

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[′kōn‚yak] (food engineering) Brandy distilled from grapes grown mostly in the Charente and Charente-Maritime departments of France.

Cognac

1. a town in SW France: centre of the district famed for its brandy. Pop.: 19 534 (1999) 2. a high-quality grape brandy

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noun high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France

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