Burgundy

• burgundy (wine)

Adapted from Medieval Latin Burgundia, French Bourgogne, from Late Latin Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from the name of a Germanic tribe (compare the root of burg, borough), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰ-n̥t- (“high, mighty”), from *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). Cognate with Old Armenian բուրգն (burgn, “tower”), Proto-Celtic *brixs.

Burgundy (wine) is an abbreviation of the attributive use of the regional name, in Burgundy wine.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːɡəndi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝːɡəndi/

Burgundy

1. A former region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
2. A duchy in the Middle Ages in France and the Netherlands.

Burgundy (countable and uncountable, plural Burgundies)

1. A variety of red wine from this region.
   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:

     Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and expound to me your philosophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess.

2. A variety of wine resembling that of Burgundy; especially from Australia or California.

• Burgundy wine

• burgundy