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cognac.

A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɒn.jæk//ˈkəʊn.jæk/
  1. A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

    countable · uncountable
    Major manufacturers add a small proportion of caramel to color their cognacs.
  2. A dark orangish brown color.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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