English Explanatory Dictionary

Marsala

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in western Sicily.
noun
  1. A fortified wine from Sicily.
  2. A sauce made from that wine, or (loosely) made from a similar wine from elsewhere.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Marsala (sauce).

Word forms

Marsala Marsalas

Etymology

From 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”).

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