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Frascati

American  
[frah-skah-tee] / frɑˈskɑ ti /

noun

  1. a fruity white wine from Rome.


Frascati British  
/ fræˈskɑːtɪ /

noun

  1. a dry or semisweet white wine from the Lazio region of Italy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Frascati

First recorded in 1930–35; after Frascati, city in central Italy

Example Sentences

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Spencer, 30, and Lewis, 60, got married Saturday during a lavish black-tie ceremony at Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati.

From Fox News Jul. 28, 2021

Nowadays, the quality of Italian whites is light-years better, and with so much to choose from, Frascati has had to up its game as well.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2020

An 1807 etching of the Parisian Café Frascati holds an early clue.

From Time Apr. 12, 2016

Impressive in his two bumpers last season and an undoubtedly classy prospect, he returned home with a temperature after finishing second to Frascati Park on his hurdling debut at Ascot in November.

From The Guardian Feb. 5, 2011

There everything is changed—it didn't seem at all the Frascati we had once lived in—quantities of new, ugly villas, and an enormous modern Grand Hotel.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

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