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Cognac

/kɔ.ɲak/

proper noun/kɔ.ɲak/

Cognac (a city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy)

Related: Cognaçais, cognaçais, cognac

From Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum, from Proto-Celtic *-ākom. The gens Cominius is an Italic family name; see Cominia for further details.