montilla

[ mon-til-uh; Spanish mawn-tee-lyah ]

/ mɒnˈtɪl ə; Spanish mɔnˈti lyɑ /

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a dry, rather bitter wine of Spain.

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First recorded in 1785–95; after Montilla, Spanish town

However, though he claimed to belong to the partido of Montilla, he seemed very ill-informed about the country.
Carmen|Prosper Merimee
I begged her to forgive me, but she sulked with me for a whole day, and when I started back to Montilla she wouldn't kiss me.
Carmen|Prosper Merimee
It was a certain affair that occurred to me with a sorntess, a disciple of la Camacha de Montilla.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
You must know, my son, that there lived in this city the most famous witch in the world, called Camacha de Montilla.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

That evening he received his last instructions, and the next day he sailed in the schooner Montilla.
Perlycross|R. D. Blackmore