montilla

[ mon-til-uh; Spanish mawn-tee-lyah ]

noun

1. a dry, rather bitter wine of Spain.

Word History and Origins

Origin of montilla¹

First recorded in 1785–95; after Montilla, Spanish town

Example Sentences

However, though he claimed to belong to the partido of Montilla, he seemed very ill-informed about the country.

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I begged her to forgive me, but she sulked with me for a whole day, and when I started back to Montilla she wouldn't kiss me.

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It was a certain affair that occurred to me with a sorntess, a disciple of la Camacha de Montilla.

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You must know, my son, that there lived in this city the most famous witch in the world, called Camacha de Montilla.

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That evening he received his last instructions, and the next day he sailed in the schooner Montilla.

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