Malvasia Definition

mălvə-zēə
noun

Malmsey.

Webster's New World
A variety of grape cultivated especially in Italy that is used to make white and red wines.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Malvasia

Noun

Singular:
malvasia
Plural:
malvasias

Origin of Malvasia

  • Italian from Medieval Latin malvasia malmsey

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Malvasia Sentence Examples

  • The Marquis Malvasia in his Ephemerides (Bologna, 1662) describes a micrometer of his own invention.

  • It was abandoned during the middle ages; its inhabitants took posession of the promontory of Minoa, turned it into an island, and built and fortified thereon the city of Monembasia, which became the most flourishing of all the towns in the Morea, and gave its name to the well-known Malmsey or Malvasia wine.

  • It is here that the grapes for the famous dessert wine malvasia are grown along with capers and olives.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAL

Words Ending With

AIASIA

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