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MALMSEY
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V17,
Page 494
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MALMSEY , a strong sweet See also:wine, originally made at Monemvasia (Gr . Moveµ3avia), Napoli di See also:Malvasia, in the Morea, See also:Greece . The name of the See also:place was corrupted in Med . See also:Lat. into malmasia, whence the See also:English See also:form of the word . The corruption malvasia gives the O . Fr. malvesie, from which comes the alternative English form " malvoisie." The wine is now made not only in Greece but also in See also:Spain, See also:Madeira and the See also:Azores . |
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