amontillado
pronunciation
How to pronounce amontillado in British English:
UK [əˌmɒntə'lɑ:dəʊ]
How to pronounce amontillado in American English:
US [əˌmɒntə'lɑdoʊ]
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- Noun:
- pale medium-dry sherry from Spain
Word Origin
- amontillado (n.)
- a variety of sherry wine, 1825, from Spanish amontillado, from a "from" (from Latin ad; see ad-) + Montilla, name of a town in the province of Cordova. Formerly the name of a regional wine, now of a type of sherry.
Example
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