Burgundy

Meanings

Proper Noun

• former region France (country); since 2016, part of the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
• A duchy in the Middle Ages in France and the Netherlands.

Noun

• A variety of red wine from this region.
• A variety of wine resembling that of Burgundy; especially from Australia or California.

Related

Similar words

• Burgundy wine

Origin

• From Late Latin Burgundia, from Late Latin Burgundiones ("highlanders"), from Proto-Germanic *Burgundī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts ("high, mighty"). Bourgogne.
• Burgundy (wine) is an abbreviation of the attributive use of the regional name, in Burgundy wine.