MARSALA

Marsala

(noun) dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicily

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Marsala

A town in western Sicily.

Noun

Marsala (countable and uncountable, plural Marsalas)

A fortified wine from Sicily.

A sauce made from Marsala wine.

Coordinate terms

• Madeira

• sherry

Noun

marsala (countable and uncountable, plural marsalas)

Alternative letter-case form of Marsala (sauce).

Source: Wiktionary


Mar*sa"la, n. Etym: [It., fr. Marsala, in Sicyly.]

Definition: A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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