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Burgundian

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Bur·gun·dy 1  (bûrgn-d)
1. A ducal house of Burgundy split into the Capetian line (1032-1361) and the Cadet, or Valois, line (1363-1477).
2. A Portuguese dynasty (1139-1383) beginning with Alfonso I, who made Portugal an independent kingdom.
Bur·gun·dy 2  (bûrgn-d) also Bour·gogne (br-gôny)
A historical region and former province of eastern France. The area was first organized into a kingdom by the Burgundii, a Germanic people, in the 5th century a.d. At the height of its later power in the 14th and 15th centuries, Burgundy controlled vast territories in present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and northeast France. It was incorporated into the French crown lands by Louis XI in 1477.
Bur·gundi·an (br-gnd-n) adj. & n.
Bur·gun·dy 3  (bûrgn-d)
n. pl. Bur·gun·dies
1.
a. Any of various red or white wines produced in Burgundy, France.
b. Any of various similar wines produced elsewhere.
2. burgundy A dark grayish or blackish red to dark purplish red or reddish brown.
Burgundian [bɜːˈgʌndɪən]
adj
(Placename) of or relating to Burgundy or its inhabitants
n
(Placename) a native or inhabitant of Burgundy
Translations
Burgundian [bɜːˈgʌndɪən]
A. ADJ → borgoñón
B. N → borgoñón/ona m/f


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No, we sat calmly down--it was in old Dijon, which is so easy to spell and so impossible to pronounce except when you civilize it and call it Demijohn--and poured out rich Burgundian wines and munched calmly through a long table d'hote bill of fare, snail patties, delicious fruits and all, then paid the trifle it cost and stepped happily aboard the train again, without once cursing the railroad company.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
It was neither an assault by the Picards nor the Burgundians, nor a hunt led along in procession, nor a revolt of scholars in the town of Laas, nor an entry of "our much dread lord, monsieur the king," nor even a pretty hanging of male and female thieves by the courts of Paris.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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