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Definition of Rioja
1. Noun. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
Definition of Rioja
1. Proper noun. the region, La Rioja in northern Spain ¹
2. Noun. the wine (mostly red) of that region ¹
3. Noun. (alternative capitalization of Rioja) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rioja
1. a dry red Spanish wine [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rioja
Literary usage of Rioja
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spanish Prose and Poetry Old and New by Ida Farnell (1920)
"After the minister's fall rioja retired to Seville. Here he was when his brilliant
friend, Lope de Vega, addressed to him his poetic Epistle, ' The Garden ' ..."
2. Argentina and Uruguay by Gordon Ross (1916)
"LA rioja This Province is bounded on the North and North-East by the Province of
Catamarca, ... La rioja is another outlying Province of which can be said, ..."
3. Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: From Their Discovery by Woodbine Parish (1852)
"To the west of the province of Cordova, across the Sierra, lies La rioja, formerly
a dependency of that Government, but now dignified with the title of an ..."
4. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1891)
"The epistles of Espinel and Arguijo are, therefore, absolutely grave and solemn;
and those of rioja, Salcedo, Ulloa, and Melo are not only grave, ..."
5. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"660 520 Chaves, Crisologo, Province of La rioja.—Wines and anise brandy. ...
660 522 Gonzalez, Zoraida Davila de, Province of La rioja. ..."
6. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1862)
"... in the rioja—Gains the defiles of Navas Tolosa—Captures two great convoys—Is
chased by General Abbe" nnd nearly crushed, whereby the partidas in the ..."
7. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1839)
"... activity—Harasses the enemy in Aragon—Is surprised at Rohres by general
Pannetier—F.scapes with difficulty —Reappears in the rioja—Gains the defiles of ..."
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