English Explanatory Dictionary

Usakhelauri

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. a semisweet Georgian wine
  2. a kind of grape used to make that wine

Word forms

Usakhelauri

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian უსახელაური (usaxelauri), from Georgian უსახელო, meaning "unnamed", "nameless", "unnameable". This refers to the exceptional quality of wine, which was said to be so exquisite that no name could do it justice.

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