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Saint-Émilion

Saint-Émilion proper noun: a village and commune of Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Proper noun

Saint-Émilion

  1. A village and commune of Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Noun

Saint-Émilion (plural Saint-Émilions)

  1. A kind of red wine from Saint-Émilion in the Bordeaux region.
    • In 2016, police busted a Bordeaux vintner who was blending poor-quality wine with high-end Saint-Émilions, Lalande-de-Pomerols and Listrac-Médocs to sell to major supermarkets under prestigious labels.2022 July 1, “French police foil counterfeiters passing off cheap plonk as classy Bordeaux”, in The Guardian
    • Next was the ’42 Cheval Blanc, a St.-Émilion from one of the great producers of Bordeaux. It was rich, full and lively, with savory flavors of oregano and cumin.2022 October 6, Eric Asimov, “Echoes of a World War in Wines From the Early 1940s”, in The New York Times

Forms of Saint-Émilion

pluralSaint-Émilions

Origin of Saint-Émilion

Borrowed from French Saint-Émilion, named after the Breton monk Émilion (d. 767).

Questions about Saint-Émilion

What does Saint-Émilion mean?
Saint-Émilion means a village and commune of Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
What part of speech is Saint-Émilion?
Saint-Émilion can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Saint-Émilion in the dictionary

  1. Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac
  2. Saint-Tropez
  3. Saint-Valery-en-Caux
  4. Saint-Véran
  5. Saint-Ybars
  6. Saint-Émilion
  7. Saint-Émilions
  8. Saint-Étienne
  9. Saintbury
  10. saintdom
  11. saintdoms

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