Burgundy
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Etymology
From Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Germanic *Burgundī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”). Doublet of Bourgogne.
Burgundy (wine) is an abbreviation of the attributive use of the regional name, in Burgundy wine.
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Proper noun
Burgundy
- A region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
- An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands.
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medieval duchy in France and the Netherlands
Noun
Burgundy (countable and uncountable, plural Burgundies)
- A variety of red wine from this region.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:
- Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and expound to me your philosophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess.
- A variety of wine resembling that of Burgundy; especially from Australia or California.
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wine
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