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Definition of Tokay

1. Noun. Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.

2. Noun. Variety of wine grape originally grown in Hungary; the prototype of vinifera grapes.

Definition of Tokay

1. n. A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.

Definition of Tokay

1. Noun. A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia. ¹

2. Noun. A variety of white wines made from this grape. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tokay

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Medical Definition of Tokay

1. 1. A grape of an oval shape and whitish colour. 2. A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes. Origin: Named fr. Tokay in Hungary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Tokay

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

1. Hungary and Transylvania: With Remarks on Their Condition, Social, Political by John Paget (1850)
"tokay.—The Theiss.—The Wine of tokay. Maria.—Requisites for Travelling in Hungary Cavern of Aggtelek. WE spent a couple of days very agreeably at M in ..."

2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"The prime tokay, or tokay Ausbruch, as it is termed, is prepared from ... Л great part of the wine sold for tokay is produced in other parts of Hungary. ..."

3. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1828)
"The wine of tokay is generally believed to be the wines. best in Europe; the vineyards from which it is obtained, tokay. are situated in tho counties of ..."

4. Round about the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse (1878)
"THE vintage is the season of all others for tokay; in former days it was a very gay affair, for then every noble family in Hungary, especially the bishops, ..."

5. Personal Adventures During the Late War of Independence in Hungary by Wilhelmine Beck (1851)
"... which was still at tokay, though it was afterwards removed to ... in a few days—I was to remain at tokay till the Hungarians had removed from thence, ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"ENE of Pesth; pop. in 1870, 5012. Several important fairs are held here annually. tokay is celebrated for the wine ..."

7. Spirit of the Public Journals by Stephen Jones, C M Westmacott (1812)
"I OLD Q.'s tokay. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PUBLIC LEDGER, &C. SIR, KNOW few ways in which the spare part of your paper is better employed, than in giving us ..."

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