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Carcavelhos

Carcavelhos is the alternative form of Calcavella.

Meaning of Calcavella

Noun

Calcavella (countable and uncountable, plural Calcavellas)

  1. A sweet wine from Portugal.
    • I was better in the evening when the company was gone, and liked some calcavella which we had after supper.1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 223

Questions about Carcavelhos

What is Carcavelhos the alternative form of?
Carcavelhos is the alternative form of Calcavella.

Words near Carcavelhos in the dictionary

  1. carcass weights
  2. carcasses
  3. carcassless
  4. carcasslike
  5. Carcassonne
  6. Carcavelhos
  7. Carcavellos
  8. carceag
  9. carcel
  10. Carcel lamp
  11. Carcel lamps

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