单词 | vidonia |
释义 | Vidonian. A dry white wine made in the Canary Islands. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > wines of other regions > [noun] > Canary Islands Canary wine1576 canary1599 Canary sack1601 canadoe1610 aristippus1640 verdona1703 Vidonia1723 Teneriffe1791 1723 London Gaz. No. 6173/3 31 Pipes..of..White Vidonia Madera Wine. 1816 F. Accum Pract. Ess. Chem. Re-agents (1818) 191 Various wines or spirituous liquors:..Vidonia. 1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines vi. 194 What is called Vidonia is properly the dry Canary wine... Perhaps it was so called because it is derived from the vidogna grape, or it is a corruption of Verdona. 1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines vi. 194 At Canary both Malmsey and Vidonia are grown. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 797/1 (Canary Islands) None, however, is considered as good as the wine of Madeira. The most esteemed kind is sent to England under the name of Vidonia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1723 |
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