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mavrodaphne

/mævɹəˈdæfni/

mavrodaphne noun: a dark sweet Greek red wine.

mavrodaphne: a dark sweet Greek red wine
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Noun

mavrodaphne (usually uncountable, plural mavrodaphnes)

  1. (usually) A dark sweet Greek red wine.
    • SALTSA MAVRODAPHNI
      [Sweet mavrodaphne wine sauce]
      A wonderful use of the superb mavrodaphne wine, very new, very Athenian.1992, Vilma Chantiles, Food of Greece, page 347
    • Silently, in the widow's position of honor at the head of the table, she picked at her whitefish and drank her glass of Mavrodaphne, but her thoughts were as obscured to me as her face behind her black veil.2002, Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex, page 269
  2. (usually) A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
    • He^([Gustav Clauss]) established vineyards in the area, using local grapes, especially the “black grape of Dafne,” mavrodaphne. He created the sweet style of mavrodaphne known today.2012, Joel Butler, Randall Heskett, Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the Modern Age, page 223

Forms of mavrodaphne

pluralmavrodaphnes
alternative formmavrodafni
alternative formMavrodaphne

Origin of mavrodaphne

From Greek μαυροδάφνη (mavrodáfni), from Medieval Greek μαῦρος (maûros, “dark”) + δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”) (see also Daphne).

Questions about mavrodaphne

What does mavrodaphne mean?
Mavrodaphne means a dark sweet Greek red wine.
What part of speech is mavrodaphne?
Mavrodaphne is a noun.
How do you pronounce mavrodaphne?
Mavrodaphne is pronounced /mævɹəˈdæfni/.
What is the plural of mavrodaphne?
The plural of mavrodaphne is mavrodaphnes.

Words near mavrodaphne in the dictionary

  1. mavourneens
  2. mavournin
  3. mavournins
  4. Mavridis
  5. mavrilimumab
  6. mavrodaphne
  7. mavrodaphnes
  8. mavrone
  9. Mavrud
  10. Mavruds
  11. MAVs

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