brynza

[ brin-zuh ]

noun

1. (in Eastern Europe and Asia Minor) a crumbly, sharp cheese made from sheep's milk and cured.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brynza¹

From Romanian brînză “cheese,” from an Indigenous language of uncertain identity, perhaps akin to pre-Roman Albanian

Example Sentences

Mounds of fresh, one-day brynza cheese hang in patterned scarves-turned-cheesecloths.

From Washington Post