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Cognac

2 stages from French to English.

Today it means a fine brandy distilled in the Cognac region of France
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Cognac
French · medieval
"a French town name"
a town in southwestern France famous for its distilled brandy
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cognac
English · 1600s
"a brandy distilled in the Cognac region of France"
adopted directly for the fine brandy distilled in the region
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