Manzanilla Definition
mănzə-nēyə, -nĭlə
noun
A dry Spanish sherry.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Manzanilla
Noun
Singular:
manzanilla
Plural:
manzanillasOrigin of Manzanilla
Spanish probably from manzanilla chamomile (because the aroma of the sherry was thought to resemble chamomile) from Old Spanish mançanilla diminutive of mançana apple alteration of earlier maçana from Latin (māla) Mattiāna variant of (māla) Matiāna (apples) of Matius possibly after Gaius Matius Calvena (fl. first century bc), Roman author of a work on gastronomy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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