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Beaujolais

US/ˌboʊ.ʒəˈleɪ/

Beaujolais proper noun: a historical province of France known for winemaking, covering parts of Rhône-Alpes and Burgundy.

Proper noun

Beaujolais

  1. A historical province of France known for winemaking, covering parts of Rhône-Alpes and Burgundy.

Noun

Beaujolais (countable and uncountable, plural Beaujolais)

  1. A light-bodied French red wine made from Gamay grapes.
    • Educated the expensive way / He knows his claret from his Beaujolais1996, “Charmless Man”, in The Great Escape, performed by Blur

Forms of Beaujolais

pluralBeaujolais

Origin of Beaujolais

From French Beaujolais.

Questions about Beaujolais

What does Beaujolais mean?
Beaujolais means a historical province of France known for winemaking, covering parts of Rhône-Alpes and Burgundy.
What part of speech is Beaujolais?
Beaujolais can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Beaujolais?
Beaujolais is pronounced /ˌboʊ.ʒəˈleɪ/ (US).

Words near Beaujolais in the dictionary

  1. Beauforts
  2. Beaugency
  3. beauing
  4. beauish
  5. beauism
  6. Beaujolais
  7. beauless
  8. beauliah
  9. beauliahs
  10. Beaulieu
  11. Beaulieu-sur-Mer

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