Tilsit
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English
Etymology
From German Tilsit, from the name of the Tilse River, from Old Prussian tilzi (“soggy”).
Noun
Tilsit (uncountable)
- The former name of Sovetsk, a city in Kaliningrad Oblast
- A light-yellow semihard smear-ripened cheese of East Prussian origin.
Translations
former name of Sovetsk
cheese
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tilsit f
- Tilsit (former name of Sovetsk, a city in Kaliningrad Oblast)