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noun
A white grape variety from Campania in Italy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The light white wine produced with this type of grape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
From Italian falanghina, possibly derived, through Neapolitan, from Latin phalanga (“pole for carrying things”, by extension “pole for sustaining grapevine”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx, “line, rank”), Proto-Indo-European *bhelǵ- (“beam, plank”).
