Gamay
Americannoun
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a grape grown especially in the Beaujolais region of France and in N California.
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the dry red wine made from this grape.
Etymology
Origin of Gamay
< French gamay, gamet, after Gamay, a village in St.-Aubin commune (Côte-d'Or), France
Example Sentences
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Made from the Gamay grape in a sunny region south of Burgundy’s famed Côte d’Or, Beaujolais has all the characteristics of a first-rate Thanksgiving wine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Scatterings of Gamay survived in reduced form, with many of its vines exiled to Beaujolais, an area south of the duchy.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024
On July 31, 1395, the Duke of Burgundy declared a war of annihilation on an "evil and disloyal" enemy and invader: a purple, acidic grape known as "Gamay."
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024
The Baker family, which runs the winery, planted old-world styles, such as Gamay, and forgotten Native American grape varietals, though it uses a mix of grapes from its vines and other nearby vineyards.
From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2019
Santo Antonio Gamay, hoping to make it to Toronto, shows the fatigue and tension from fifteen hours of riding a train.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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