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Sauternes definition

Sau·ternes (sō tʉrn′; Fr sō tern′)

noun

  1. a sweet white wine produced in SW France near the Bordeaux region
  2. any of various white wines, of varying sweetness, produced elsewhere
    usually Sauterne Sau·terne′ (sō tʉrn′, -tern′; sô-)

Etymology: Fr sauternes, after Sauternes, town in Gironde, France

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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