Definition of Chianti

1. Noun. Dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany.

Generic synonyms: Red Wine

Definition of Chianti

1. Noun. A Tuscan red wine. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative capitalization of Chianti) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chianti

1. a dry red wine [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chianti

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Chhabra
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarhi
ChiMwini
Chiacoan peccary
Chian
Chian turpentine
Chiang Chung-cheng
Chiang Kai-shek
Chianti
Chiapas
Chiari's disease
Chiari's net
Chiari's syndrome
Chiari-Budd syndrome
Chiari II syndrome
Chiayi
Chiba
Chicago
Chicago-style
Chicago-style hot dog
Chicago-style hot dogs
Chicago Protocol
Chicago disease

Literary usage of Chianti

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Landscapes of Tuscany by Elizabeth Mizon (2002)
"Historically it was the territory of the Lega del chianti, protected by local barons. In the Grand Duke of Tuscany proclaimed in a legal document that only ..."

2. Florence by Ulrike Bleek (2001)
"chianti WINE From Quantity to Quality In the 1960s, bulbous, straw-covered ... Back then, anyone who overindulged in chianti in the evening ran the risk of ..."

3. Tuscany by Ulrike Bleek, Chirstiane Buld Campetti, Stephan Bleei (2000)
"chianti WINE From Quantity to Quality During the 1960s, the characteristic fiaschi, bulbous, straw-covered bottles filled with chianti wine, ..."

4. The Medici Balls: Seven Little Journeys in Tuscany by Anna R. Sheldon, Marjorie Moyca Newell (1904)
"But," we urged, "all the wine of Tuscany is chianti, «0« è vero?" "Quite the contrary," was her answer, "it is only produced in a certain limited region on ..."

5. Waiter, There's a Horse in My Wine: A Treasury of Entertainment, Exploration by Jennifer "Chotzi" Rosen (2005)
"... the Tuscan Trenches Sweating through chianti Classico I have become my own swamp cooler. Sweat sheets down my chest and evaporates in the Tuscan breeze, ..."

6. Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car by Francis Miltoun (1909)
"CHAPTER III chianti AND MACARONI A Chapter for Travellers by Road or Rail THE hotels of Italy are dear or not, according to whether one patronizes a certain ..."

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