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Jerez de la Frontera

Name: Jerez de la Frontera
Address: ES

36.6815°N -6.1379°W · Q24011941

One English word in this atlas traces back to Jerez de la Frontera. It sits in Spain.

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sherrynoun · 16th century

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The wine is an English attempt at saying Jerez.

Sherry comes from the Spanish town of Jerez de la Frontera, whose name reached English through forms like sherris. The place-name, misheard and shortened, became the wine.

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