Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Orvieto
noun · first attested 19th century
The wine is named for a town on a tufa outcrop.
A white wine from southern Umbria.
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- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Orvieto
- In English
Orvieto
Orvieto's cellars are cut into the rock the town stands on. The wine has carried its name since the Middle Ages.
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