pisco

American  

[pis-koh, pee-skoh, pee-skaw] / ˈpɪs koʊ, ˈpi skoʊ, ˈpi skɔ /

noun

1. a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.

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Etymology

Origin of pisco

1840–50, < Spanish

Example Sentences

After the verdict, it issued a statement from two of the survivors - David Karamay Kasereka and Pisco Sirikivuya Paluku.

From BBC

Stretching for about 1.5 kilometers across the Pisco Valley in southern Peru, Monte Sierpe consists of roughly 5,200 uniform holes, each 1-2 meters wide and 0.5-1 meter deep, arranged in rows and divided into distinct sections.

From Science Daily

She welcomed him home with a bottle of pisco, Peru's national drink.

From BBC

Around midnight, as Yuste finished his pisco sour, Girardi made an intriguing proposal: What if they worked together to pass an amendment to Chile’s constitution, one that would enshrine protections for mental privacy as an inviolable right of every Chilean?

From Salon

"They are sustaining investments that include new tailings dams in the San Rafael mine and improvements in the Pisco smelter," he said.

From Reuters