English Explanatory Dictionary

falanghina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white grape variety from Campania in Italy.
  2. The light white wine produced with this type of grape.

Word forms

falanghina falanghinas

Etymology

From Italian falanghina, possibly derived, through Neapolitan, from Latin phalanga (“pole for carrying things”, by extension “pole for sustaining grapevine”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx, “line, rank”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”).

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