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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • 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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  • proper noun a city in the Charente département of France, famous for cognac brandy

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From the name of the French city, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum.

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