Unscramble

m 3 a 1 r 1 s 1 a 1 l 1 a 1

7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicily

originFrom Sicilian Marsala, from an Arabic name, probably مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʕaliyy, “Ali's harbor”), or possibly مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, “God's harbor”). In any case, the first element is مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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