feta (cheese)

Feta cheese is defined as a soft, white, Greek cheese.

(noun)

An example of feta is the cheese found in a gyro.

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See feta (cheese) in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a soft, white cheese first made in Greece

Origin: < ModGr (tyri) pheta < tyri, cheese (< Gr tyros) + pheta < It fetta, a slice, ult. < L offa, a morsel, piece

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