Rioja

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

/ riˈoʊ hɑ; Spanish riˈɔ hɑ /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Rioja

Río de Oro, Río Gallegos, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rioja, Riolan's anastomosis, Riomaggiore, Río Muni, Río Negro, Rion Strait

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How to use Rioja in a sentence

Domingo Pascual Andrada, ex-cop, accused of taking Marita from Tucuman to La Rioja.
Marita Defendants Acquitted in Devastating Setback for Susana Trimarco|Scott C. Johnson|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Gonzalo Jose Gomez, accused of being the manager of the bordellos in La Rioja.
Marita Defendants Acquitted in Devastating Setback for Susana Trimarco|Scott C. Johnson|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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
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
I have mentioned in the note to p. 40 Bodenbender's work on the province of La Rioja.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis

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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