Rioja

[ ree-oh-hah; Spanish ree-aw-hah ]

/ riˈoʊ hɑ; Spanish riˈɔ hɑ /

noun

a table wine, especially a dry red wine, from the Rioja region of northern Spain.

Definition for rioja (2 of 2)

La Rioja

[ lah ryaw-hah ]

/ lɑ ˈryɔ hɑ /

noun

a city in W Argentina.

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Examples from the Web for rioja

Gongora was a priest; and Rioja received a high post in the Inquisition.
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3|Henry Thomas Buckle
You must know that I always have a dozen hams hanging from the beams of my storeroom, and I have twenty casks of Rioja, yes, sir.
Saragossa|Benito Prez Galds
Here came Rioja, Cespedes, Jauregui, and others of less note.
Southern Spain|A.F. Calvert
This people had lived from time immemorial in the valleys of Rioja and Catamarca, and had been under the suzerainty of the Incas.
Argentina|W. A. Hirst

As the commercial centre of the fertile and well-cultivated plain of the Rioja, Logroo has an important trade in wine.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for rioja

rioja

/ (riːˈəʊxə) /

noun

a red or white wine, with a distinctive vanilla bouquet and flavour, produced around the Ebro river in central N Spain

Word Origin for rioja

C20: from La Rioja, the area where it is produced

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