Cava

[kah-vuh]

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noun

(often lowercase) a dry, sparkling white table wine produced in northeastern Spain.

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Contemporary Examples

In 1972, I was assigned by a magazine to write a story on Cava.
What Women Drink
Sophie Menin
August 22, 2011
Also on my “must” list: BLT Steak, DC Coast, Oval Room and Cava.
Fresh Picks
Robert Irvine
January 13, 2011
Like the French Crémants, Cava is made using the traditional Champagne method.
Beyond Champagne
Sophie Menin
December 29, 2010
Maccabeo provides Cava with its body; Xarel-lo lends notes of earth; and Parellada imparts a touch of ripe apples.
Beyond Champagne
Sophie Menin
December 29, 2010

Historical Examples

So the little girl was thinking all the way from Pagani to Cava.
Pappina, the Little Wanderer
Katherine Wallace Davis
But she realized that the idle remarks of her acquaintance at Cava had some foundation in fact.
Irma in Italy
Helen Leah Reed
At dusk the little Cava station gave no hint of what the place was.
Irma in Italy
Helen Leah Reed
Several canoes paddled alongside, and the people in them, after presenting the cava root, came boldly on board.
Captain Cook
W.H.G. Kingston
The left common iliac vein was plugged up, by a continuation of the coagulum from the cava.
On the origin of inflammation of the veins
Henry Lee

British Dictionary definitions for cava

cava

noun

a Spanish sparkling wine produced by a method similar to that used for champagne

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Word Origin

from Spanish

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cava in Medicine

cava

(kā′və)

n.

vena cava

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