Burgundy

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.

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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.

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Bur·gundi·an (br-gnd-n) adj. & n.

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Burgundy

Noun

a red or white wine produced in the Burgundy region, around Dijon in France

Adjective

burgundy dark purplish-red

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Burgundy - a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines Bourgogne France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
	2.	Burgundy - red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere) Burgundy wine vino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially) Beaujolais - dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France white Burgundy, Chablis - dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it Montrachet - a white Burgundy wine
	3.	burgundy - a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color dark red - a red color that reflects little light

Translations

Burgundy [ˈbəːgəndɪ] n → Borgoña

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Burgundy [ˈbəːgəndɪ] n → Bourgogne f

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Burgundy [ˈbəːgəndɪ] n → Burgund nt

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Burgundy [ˈbəːgəndɪ] n → Borgogna