Gruyère, a little town of Switzerland, 16 miles SSW. of Freiburg, gives its name to the famous cheese of the whole canton of Freiburg. Pop. 1200.
Gruyère
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 436
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Gruyère, a little town of Switzerland, 16 miles SSW. of Freiburg, gives its name to the famous cheese of the whole canton of Freiburg. Pop. 1200.