Marsala Definition

mär-sälə
noun
A dry or sweet, amber-colored fortified wine made in W Sicily.
Webster's New World
Alternative capitalization of Marsala (sauce).
Wiktionary
adjective
Cooked or flavored with Marsala.
Veal Marsala.
American Heritage
pronoun

A town in western Sicily.

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Other Word Forms of Marsala

Noun

Singular:
Marsala
Plural:
marsalas

Origin of Marsala

  • From Italian, from Arabic [script?] (Mirsa-llahi, “port of God").

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian after Marsala

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Marsala Sentence Examples

  • Assured by Sir James Hudson of the sympathy of England, he began active preparations for the expedition to Marsala.

  • Calling at Talamone to embark arms and money, he reached Marsala on the 11th of May, and landed under the protection of the British vessels "Intrepid" and "Argus."

  • On the 11th Garibaldi landed at Marsala, without opposition, defeated the Neapolitan forces at Calatafimi on the 15th, and on the 27th entered Palermo in triumph, where he proclaimed himself, in King Victor Emmanuels name, dictator of Sicily.

  • Miocene and Pliocene deposits cover nearly the whole of the country south of a line drawn from Etna to Marsala; and there is also a considerable Miocene area in the north about Mistretta.

  • Older and more flourishing is the Marsala industry.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAR

Words Ending With

ALAALA

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