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noun a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade
noun any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Proto-Celtic *bitus? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxs? Gaulish Biturīgesder. Latin Burdigala Old Occitan Bordel Occitan Bordèubor. Middle French Bordeaulx French Bordeauxbor. English Bordeaux Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old…
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