Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
malvoisie
noun · first attested Middle English
The wine is named for a fortified rock reached by a single causeway.
Malmsey; a strong sweet wine originally shipped from Greece.
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- Middle English
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- noun
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Monemvasia
- In English
malvoisie
Monemvasia means single entrance, for the one causeway that links the rock to the Peloponnese. The town was the shipping point for sweet Greek wine across medieval Europe, and its name went with the cargo, becoming malvasia in Italian, malvoisie in French, and malmsey in English. Production later moved to Madeira and the Canaries, long after the trade through Monemvasia had ended.
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