Burgundy

From Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Germanic *bergundijô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”). Doublet of Bourgogne.

Burgundy (wine) is an abbreviation of the attributive use of the regional name, in Burgundy wine.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːɡəndi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝːɡəndi/

Burgundy

2. A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
4. An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands.

Burgundy (countable and uncountable, plural Burgundies)

2. A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.

   Alternative form: burgundy

   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:

     Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and expound to me your philosophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess.

   • 2021 October 16, David Williams, “How to buy (relatively) affordable Burgundy wines”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     That in turn has pushed out many ambitious younger producers from the most fashionable addresses, and led to larger firms, such as luxury goods company LVMH, sweeping in. All of which helps explain why so many Burgundy lovers have grown disillusioned with the region.

3. A variety of wine resembling that of Burgundy; especially from Australia or California.

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