tokay
[ toh-key ]
/ toʊˈkeɪ /
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noun
a gecko, Gekko gecko, of the Malay Archipelago and southeastern Asia: sometimes kept as a pet.
Nearby words
- tojo,
- tojo, hideki,
- tok pisin,
- tokamak,
- tokara islands,
- toke,
- tokelau,
- tokelau islands,
- token,
- token economy
Origin of tokay
1745–55; < dialectal Malay tokeʔ < Javanese təʔkəʔ (spelling tekek)
Tokay
[ toh-key ]
/ toʊˈkeɪ /
noun
an aromatic wine made from Furmint grapes grown in the district surrounding Tokay, a town in NE Hungary.
Horticulture.
- a large, red variety of grape, grown for table use.
- the vine bearing this fruit, grown in California.
a sweet, strong white wine made in California.
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Examples from the Web for tokay
tokay
/ (ˈtəʊkeɪ) /
noun
a small gecko, Gekko gecko, of S and SE Asia, having a retractile claw at the tip of each digit
Word Origin for tokay
from Malay toke, of imitative origin
Tokay
/ (təʊˈkeɪ) /
noun
a fine sweet wine made near Tokaj, Hungary
a variety of large sweet grape used to make this wine
a similar wine made elsewhere
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tokay
1710, rich sweet wine from the region of Tokay (Hungarian Tokaj) a town in Hungary.
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