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Burgundy

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Noun

1. bourgogne, burgundy

a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines

2. burgundy, burgundy wine

red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)

3. burgundy

a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Burgundy

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noun plural -dies
1. 
a historic region of E France famous for its wines, lying west of the Saône: formerly a semi-independent duchy; annexed to France in 1482
. French name: Bourgogne
2.  Free County of Burgundy
3. 
a monarchy (1384–1477) of medieval Europe, at its height including the Low Countries, the duchy of Burgundy, and Franche-Comté
4.  Kingdom of Burgundy
5. 
a. 
any red or white wine produced in the region of Burgundy, around Dijon
b. 
any heavy red table wine
6. (often not capital)
a blackish-purple to purplish-red colour

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Burgundy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈBurgundies [often b-]
1. 
a. 
any of the red or white wines, typically dry, made in Burgundy
b. 
a red wine of similar type made elsewhere
c.  Loosely
any dry red table wine
2. 
a purplish red
1. 
historical region in E France of varying extent
2. 
metropolitan region in E France: 12,194 sq mi (31,582 sq km); pop. 1,610,000; chief town, Dijon

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Burgundy

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1. A ducal house of Burgundy split into the Capetian line (1032-1361) and the Cadet, or Valois, line (1363-1477).
2. A Portuguese dynasty (1139-1383) beginning with Alfonso I, who made Portugal an independent kingdom.
A historical region and former duchy of eastern France. The area was first organized into a kingdom by the Burgundii, a Germanic people, in the 5th century AD. At the height of its later power in the 14th and 15th centuries, Burgundy controlled vast territories in present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and northeast France. It was incorporated into the French crown lands by Louis XI in 1477.
n. pl. Bur·gun·dies
1.
a. Any of various red or white wines produced in the Burgundy region of France.
b. Any of various similar wines produced elsewhere.
2. burgundy A dark grayish or blackish red to dark purplish red or reddish brown.

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