Stilton

stilton English Etymology Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from en ang stigel stile + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town. The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold. Pronunciation en /ˈstɪltən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Stilton.wav Southern England en ɪltən 2 Proper noun ~ s en village/and/cpar in dist/Huntingdonshire co/Cambridgeshire cc/England OS grid ref TL1689. Parish map (Cambridgeshire) en countable en habitational Old English. Statistics According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Stilton is the 34909th most common surname in England, belonging to 97 individuals. Noun ~ A type of blue-veined cheese made in England. en slang archaic That which is needed or wanted; the very thing; the ticket. en That's the Stilton! Translations blue-veined cheese made in England Dutch: nl stilton Finnish: fi stiltonjuusto French: fr stilton m Japanese: ja スティルトン sutiruton Korean: ko 스틸턴 Polish: pl stilton m Russian: ru сти́лтон m Swedish: sv stilton c References placename Survey of English Place-Names that which is needed or wanted 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary Further reading stilton Anagrams en ilnostt Tiltons en Cheeses