Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
tequila
noun · first attested 19th century
The spirit is a town in Jalisco.
A distilled agave spirit from a defined region of Mexico.
Record
- Relationship
- 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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Tequila
- In English
tequila
Tequila is a town in Jalisco in whose region the agave spirit is produced. English borrowed the place-name as the name of the drink.
Mexico
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