falanghina
falanghina noun: a white grape variety from Campania in Italy.
Noun
falanghina (countable and uncountable, plural falanghinas)
- A white grape variety from Campania in Italy.
- Mastroberardino was the pioneering producer, a lonely voice for years championing red grapes like aglianico, and whites like fiano and falanghina, until others began to pay attention.2015 October 29, Eric Asimov, “Your Next Lesson: Aglianicos”, in New York Times
- The light white wine produced with this type of grape.
Forms of falanghina
| plural | falanghinas |
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Origin of falanghina
From Italian falanghina, possibly derived, through Neapolitan, from Latin phalanga (“pole for carrying things”, by extension “pole for sustaining grapevine”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx, “line, rank”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”).
Words that rhyme with falanghina
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- Antiochena
- Apamena
- Argentina
- Atropatena
- Ballymena
- barracudina
- Brangelina
- Damascena
- Dina
- doubting Thomasina
- gmina
- Halyna
- Jelena
- Laodicena
- Malaspina
- marina
- Media Atropatena
- okina
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- Rina
- Sheena
- spirulina
- Thomasina
- Tumblrina
- verbena
- Vojvodina
- Xena
Questions about falanghina
- What does falanghina mean?
- Falanghina means a white grape variety from Campania in Italy.
- What part of speech is falanghina?
- Falanghina is a noun.
- What is the plural of falanghina?
- The plural of falanghina is falanghinas.
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