palinka

British  

/ pəˈlɪŋkə /

noun

1. a type of apricot brandy, originating in Central and Eastern Europe

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Example Sentences

Hungarians are known for “palinka”, brandy from apricots, plums, cherries, apples or pears.

From Reuters

And to ease the exhaustion from cooking, they drink shots of plum “palinka”, a fiery fruit brandy.

From Reuters

The house pálinka, Hungary’s fabulous fruit brandy, comes from Marton and Daughters, a small, celebrated distiller in a Danube-area village.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new hotness: Good Spirit Bar, which opened last year in the Inner City with more than 350 kinds of whiskey and some 700 spirits overall, including takes on the domestic distillate palinka, made with beet, celery root and carrot.

From New York Times

By then, Farago was already immersed in the study of dog vocalizations—particularly their barks and growls—so when my study concluded and it was time to leave Budapest, I departed with not only a deep appreciation for paprika and palinka, but also a few audio clips of dogs growling, courtesy of Farago.

From Scientific American